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In today's version of "LLM's allow a person to write thousands of lines of code to replace built-in Unix tools": inotifywait -mr -e modify,create,delete /you

In today's version of "LLM's allow a person to write thousands of lines of code to replace built-in Unix tools": inotifywait -mr -e modify,create,delete /your/dir | while read _; do cd /your/dir && git add -A && git commit -m "auto-$(date +%s)" --allow-empty done There are +8 billion people on the planet, computing has beed around a while now and some REALLY smart people have published tools for computers. Ask yourself, "am I the first person to try to solve this problem?" Odds are, one or more people have had this problem in the past and there's probably a nifty solution that does what you want.

amadeuspagel 8mo ago
Only works in a git directory, and one might want to use git only for manual version control and another tool for automatic.
- gavinray 8mo ago
  Then replace git with "rsync" or "borg. But I don't see how running "git init" in a directory you have "days of work" accumulated in is a sticking point. Git is a convenient implementation detail. The core loop of "watch a directory for changes, create a delta-only/patch-based snapshot" has been a solved few-liner in bash for a long time...
  - virgildotcodes 8mo ago
    Something something Dropbox There are a huge number of people coming into agentic coding with no real background in software dev, no real understanding of git, and even devs with years of experience will readily reach for convenience and polish even when they could otherwise implement it themselves, see: Vercel's popularity.
- rovr138 8mo ago
  Create a branch, squash the branch manually when you want and merge things. or `git reset --soft main` and then deal with the commits or have 2 .git directories. Just add to the git commit `--git-dir=.git-backups` or whatever you want to name it.
gavinray 8mo ago
This is happening so frequently I just wrote a blog about it to vent my frustration: https://gavinray97.github.io/blog/llm-build-cheaper-than-searching https://gavinray97.github.io/blog/llm-build-cheaper-than-sea... My comment is not meant as a shallow dismissal of the authors work but rather what seems to be a growing, systemic issue
cyrusradfar 7mo ago
OP Here, hard to attempt to read and respond to this in good faith. I think it would be dishonest if I didn't share that your approach to discourse here isn't a productive way of asking what insights I'm bringing. If that's your concern, I agree I can't claim that nothing exists to solve pieces of the puzzle in different ways. I did my research and was happy that I could get a domain that explained the struggle -- namely unfucked.ai/unfudged.io -- moreover I do feel there are many pieces and nuances to the experience which give pause to folks who create versioning tools. I'm open to engaging if you have a question or comment that doesn't diminish my motives, assumes I must operate in your world view "problems can only be solved once", and discourages people to try new things and learn. Look, I'm grateful that you stopped by and hope you'll recognize I'm doing my best to manage my own sadness that my children have to exist in a world where folks think this is how we should address strangers.
- gavinray 7mo ago
  > assumes I must operate in your world view "problems can only be solved once" I never claimed anyone else has to agree with this. That's why people are allowed different opinions. Nobody ought to give a damn what I think, the only opinion that matters about you is your own. But just like I won't ask you adopt my view, I also won't go around patting people on the back for TODO apps. My opinion: people ought to spend more time contributing to solving genuine problems. The world needs more of that, and less "I built a TODO app" or "Here's my bespoke curl wrapper".

amadeuspagel 8mo ago

Only works in a git directory, and one might want to use git only for manual version control and another tool for automatic.

gavinray 8mo ago
Then replace git with "rsync" or "borg. But I don't see how running "git init" in a directory you have "days of work" accumulated in is a sticking point. Git is a convenient implementation detail. The core loop of "watch a directory for changes, create a delta-only/patch-based snapshot" has been a solved few-liner in bash for a long time...
- virgildotcodes 8mo ago
  Something something Dropbox There are a huge number of people coming into agentic coding with no real background in software dev, no real understanding of git, and even devs with years of experience will readily reach for convenience and polish even when they could otherwise implement it themselves, see: Vercel's popularity.
rovr138 8mo ago
Create a branch, squash the branch manually when you want and merge things. or `git reset --soft main` and then deal with the commits or have 2 .git directories. Just add to the git commit `--git-dir=.git-backups` or whatever you want to name it.

gavinray 8mo ago

This is happening so frequently I just wrote a blog about it to vent my frustration: https://gavinray97.github.io/blog/llm-build-cheaper-than-searching https://gavinray97.github.io/blog/llm-build-cheaper-than-sea... My comment is not meant as a shallow dismissal of the authors work but rather what seems to be a growing, systemic issue

cyrusradfar 7mo ago

OP Here, hard to attempt to read and respond to this in good faith. I think it would be dishonest if I didn't share that your approach to discourse here isn't a productive way of asking what insights I'm bringing. If that's your concern, I agree I can't claim that nothing exists to solve pieces of the puzzle in different ways. I did my research and was happy that I could get a domain that explained the struggle -- namely unfucked.ai/unfudged.io -- moreover I do feel there are many pieces and nuances to the experience which give pause to folks who create versioning tools. I'm open to engaging if you have a question or comment that doesn't diminish my motives, assumes I must operate in your world view "problems can only be solved once", and discourages people to try new things and learn. Look, I'm grateful that you stopped by and hope you'll recognize I'm doing my best to manage my own sadness that my children have to exist in a world where folks think this is how we should address strangers.

gavinray 7mo ago
> assumes I must operate in your world view "problems can only be solved once" I never claimed anyone else has to agree with this. That's why people are allowed different opinions. Nobody ought to give a damn what I think, the only opinion that matters about you is your own. But just like I won't ask you adopt my view, I also won't go around patting people on the back for TODO apps. My opinion: people ought to spend more time contributing to solving genuine problems. The world needs more of that, and less "I built a TODO app" or "Here's my bespoke curl wrapper".