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Oh ok, I’m out of the loop on it ;) thought it was some sort of ai hallucination.

adityaathalye 1y ago
All eleven thousand words were hand-typed. No AIs are used or abused in the making of any of my blog posts. (Because I write to think, because writing is nature's way of showing me how sloppy my thinking is. So it goes...)
- lemonberry 1y ago
  "Because I write to think" Hallelujah!!
  - lambduhhhh 1y ago
    this part (and this is how you know he's a true Clojurian)
- fnordsensei 1y ago
  If you don’t mind a tangent, this is close to my way of working out thoughts as well, including with code. When I write code, it’s as much a cognitive tool as it is a tool to make things happen in the system. It develops thoughts as much as it develops system behavior. Involving AI changes this quite a bit, but I feel like I’m making my way to a balance where it supports rather than replaces (or worse: disrupts) my cognitive processes.
  - adityaathalye 1y ago
    Not at all, I'm all about tangents. The blog post itself is a tangent. Programming is writing for me. So, yes I am the same... I need to type (or sometimes write it longhand), to make progress. I gave LLMs a fair shake, but generative mode usage overwhelms my nervous system. I could use 'em, maybe, for pattern-recognition. But using an expressive language (Clojure) means I can eyeball my source code and/or grep through it to maintain a good enough view of my system. This also applies to most third-party code I use from the Clojure ecosystem. Libraries tend to be small (a few thousand lines of code), and I can skim-read through them quick enough. I know there is a black art to it that one is supposed to learn, in order to get useful results, but so far, the incentive isn't strong enough for me. So, hand typing / writing it is... might as well feel satisfied using my nice keyboard and little notebook, on my way to obsolescence. No?
andersmurphy 1y ago
Some of us keep htmx around as a momento. Just for old times sake.
- nomoreofthat 1y ago
  Are you mixing it up with xhtml
- throw-qqqqq 1y ago
  > as a momento FWIW I think you’re thinking of “memento” an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
  - tmzt 1y ago
    Oddly it works as a neologism as well. "moment" conveying that it was short-lived or fleeting. A memory or artifact of a short period of time.
    - throw-qqqqq 1y ago
      > Oddly it works as a neologism as well TIL, thank you :)

All eleven thousand words were hand-typed. No AIs are used or abused in the making of any of my blog posts. (Because I write to think, because writing is nature's way of showing me how sloppy my thinking is. So it goes...)

lemonberry 1y ago
"Because I write to think" Hallelujah!!
- lambduhhhh 1y ago
  this part (and this is how you know he's a true Clojurian)
fnordsensei 1y ago
If you don’t mind a tangent, this is close to my way of working out thoughts as well, including with code. When I write code, it’s as much a cognitive tool as it is a tool to make things happen in the system. It develops thoughts as much as it develops system behavior. Involving AI changes this quite a bit, but I feel like I’m making my way to a balance where it supports rather than replaces (or worse: disrupts) my cognitive processes.
- adityaathalye 1y ago
  Not at all, I'm all about tangents. The blog post itself is a tangent. Programming is writing for me. So, yes I am the same... I need to type (or sometimes write it longhand), to make progress. I gave LLMs a fair shake, but generative mode usage overwhelms my nervous system. I could use 'em, maybe, for pattern-recognition. But using an expressive language (Clojure) means I can eyeball my source code and/or grep through it to maintain a good enough view of my system. This also applies to most third-party code I use from the Clojure ecosystem. Libraries tend to be small (a few thousand lines of code), and I can skim-read through them quick enough. I know there is a black art to it that one is supposed to learn, in order to get useful results, but so far, the incentive isn't strong enough for me. So, hand typing / writing it is... might as well feel satisfied using my nice keyboard and little notebook, on my way to obsolescence. No?

andersmurphy 1y ago

Some of us keep htmx around as a momento. Just for old times sake.

nomoreofthat 1y ago
Are you mixing it up with xhtml
throw-qqqqq 1y ago
> as a momento FWIW I think you’re thinking of “memento” an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
- tmzt 1y ago
  Oddly it works as a neologism as well. "moment" conveying that it was short-lived or fleeting. A memory or artifact of a short period of time.
  - throw-qqqqq 1y ago
    > Oddly it works as a neologism as well TIL, thank you :)