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CAN'T EAT YOUR CAKE AND HAVE IT TOO

AI ENSHITIFICATION; SMEERING AI ON POOR INTERFACES DOESNT LEAD TO A MAGICALLY GOOD ABSTRACTION

AI ENSHITIFICATION; SMEERING AI ON POOR INTERFACES DOESNT LEAD TO A MAGICALLY GOOD ABSTRACTION

REMOVING OPINIONS AND CONTROL LEAVES SPACE FOR EXPERTISE

EFFORT IS NO LONGER THE CURRENCY

EFFORT IS NO LONGER THE CURRENCY

REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE LOOP. DETACH FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION AND MOVE YOUR FOCUS TO THE INTERFACES, VERIFIABILITY AND GUARDRAILS.

WRITING IS THINKING

STANFORD STUDIES ON AI

IT'S AMAZING; YET I WISH WE'D AVOID IT. I THINK WE NEEDED A BETTER GOOGLE; NOT AGENTIC. I FEEL LAZIER, NOT MORE PRODUCTIVE.

IT'S FRUSTRATING SEEING AI JUST REPEATEDLY TRY DIFFERENT THINGS IN A LOOP. I MEAN MAYBE IT HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULDN'T WORK. BUT HONESTLY AFTER LIKE THREE LOOPS, I GET TO THE POINT WHERE I REALIZE THAT MY TIME IS GOING TO BE BETTER SPENT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE PROBLEM SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY AI IS STRUGGLING SO MUCH TRYING TO PRODUCE A WORKING SOLUTION. AND EITHER DOING IT MYSELF OR ASKING AI TO DO IT SOME OTHER WAY.

DO I SPEND MY TIME LEARNING THE LATEST AND GREATEST ABSTRACTION SO THAT I CAN APPLY IT IN MY DAY-TO-DAY? OR, DO I LEARN FIRST PRINCIPLES TO CHALLENGE THE ABSTRACTIONS?

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THE ABSTRACTIONS BUILT ON NIX (MORE SPECIFICALLY FLAKES) MADE NIX MORE COMPLEX, INSTEAD OF SIMPLER.

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WE ALMOST(?) HAD A "TRUTH MACHINE". IT WAS ALMOST A THING THAT WE COULD QUERY FOR THE PROBABILITIES OF OUTCOMES OR CERTAINTIES OF VARIOUS FACTS. SADLY, "AGI" PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE TO FEED IT ALL THE GARBAGE OF THE INTERNET; THE KINGDOM OF OPINIONS AND FEW FACTS.

THE TECH THAT I WAS INTRODUCED TO WAS FUN. NOW, IT FEELS DIFFERENT.

I WOULD CALL THIS MY 'ANALYTICAL MIND'; NOT 'INTELLIGENCE'

THINGS FEEL MANIC AND CHAOTIC. WE ARE MOVING AT HYPER SPEED. ALL TO MAKE A FEW AT THE TOP A FEW BUCKS SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE ON.

SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT MARATHON TRAINING FOR THE AVERAGE RUNNER (NOT TALKING ABOUT ABOVE AVERAGE, ELITES OR PROS): I PRETTY STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO A LOT AND IMPROVE YOUR SPEED A LOT WITH JUST 40-MI A WEEK.

ABSTRACTION LAYER

I THINK IT NAILED THE PRIMARY THINGS I WANT IN A CONFIGURATION LANGUAGE; TYPES, CONSTRAINTS, TEMPLATING AND PREVENTING OVERRIDES. I THINK THEY'VE NAILED THE OBJECTIVES, THEY JUST NEED TO CONTINUE --- BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE DEFINED THIS AS A CLEAR FOCUS --- IMPROVE THE EXECUTION A BIT.

THIS POST COULD ALTERNATIVELY BE TITLED "HOW I LEARN SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW WITH ONLY MINIMAL AWARENESS OF THE ADJACENT TOOLING, BUT REALLY (WELL KINDA) WANT TO DO A THING; AN UNEDITED PROCESS OF LEARNING AND THOUGHTS"

IT'S A USEFUL TOOL; BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE YOUR DEFAULT

FINALLY, MAYBE WE WOULD BE FREE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY THINK. WE COULD BE DONE SHAVING YAKS. WE WOULD BE SOLVING THE ACTUAL FIRST-LEVEL PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF SHAVING YAKS MANY LAYERS DEEP WORRYING ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE NETWORK CONNECTIONS, HOW TO STRUCTURE OUR CODE, ETC. OR, MAYBE WE COULD STOP SOLVING PROBLEMS AND ENJOY LIFE.

DOCUMENTATION IS A BANDAID FOR BAD OR HIDDEN INTERFACE BOUNDARIES. DOCUMENTATION IS NOT A SOURCE OF TRUTH.

THINGS THAT HAVE REPEATEDLY PROVED TRUE FOR ME

MEMORIES AREN'T PERFECTLY CLEAR

MOST OF THE WORLD IS DECLARED FOR US. ART IS ONE OF THE ONLY MOMENTS THAT WE HAVE SUCH RIGORIOUS SAY IN.

ARTISTS WHO ARE INFLUENCING ME NOW

WHO'S CURRENTLY INFLUENCING ME?

WHO'S CURRENTLY INFLUENCING ME?

SETTING UP MY FIRST NIXOS SYSTEM.

NOTING AND COMMENTING ON THE SKATEBOARD SETUPS THAT I'VE OWNED

MET WITH CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS OUR SHARED VISIONS FOR THE "TIRED" 20+ YEAR-OLD SKATEPARK IN MY HOMETOWN OF MEADVILLE, PA

I'VE BEEN PLAYING WITH FIRECRACKER VMS FOR A BIT NOW AND HAVE BECOME MY PRIMARY MEANS FOR POCING THINGS. AND I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SWITCH TO NIXOS, BUT HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO MOVE MY PRIMARY MACHINE.

AT 27, I'VE STARTED SKATING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. I'VE NEVER SNOWBOARDED OR SURFED.

THE FOLKS WHO INSPIRE ME.

DESCRIBES MY JOURNEY FROM NOT KNOWING WHICH FIRST CAMERA TO BUY AND NOT KNOWING HOW TO USE AUTOFOCUS TO PURCHASING A 35MM FILM CAMERA WITH NO LIGHT METER.

A TRADEOFF BETWEEN EFFECIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND ENJOYMENT. MY PROCESS PRIORITIZES EFFECIENCY OF "RE-READS" OR REFERRING TO WHERE I LEARNED SOMETHING AND LESS ABOUT READING MOST EFFICIENTLY.