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> This is a person clearly grieving that his hard earned knowledge in his field is now not that valuable. He's co-founder and CTO of his own company, so I thin
by lapcat 6mo ago
> This is a person clearly grieving that his hard earned knowledge in his field is now not that valuable.
He's co-founder and CTO of his own company, so I think he's doing fine in his field.
- simianwords 6mo agoIt doesn't change the fact that much of what (I think) he prides in himself in is getting commoditised.
- wiseowise 6mo agoLLMs dissolved your brain if you think they commoditize what a guy like this[0] prides in himself. https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/about/ https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/about/
- pxc 6mo agoWhat he prides himself in (in this context) is craft, which LLM use probably can enable, but definitely isn't commoditized by the kind of vibe coding that Garry Tan is doing.
- 0xBA5ED 6mo agoI would seriously consider if you've developed an imaginary caricature in your mind that you apply to people you don't know. Further, I would consider if any living person actually lives up to it.
- bcantrill 6mo agoOn the one hand, I admire (at some level) you sticking to your guns here, willing to take on all comers. On the other, though, I don't entirely understand the inference that you're drawing from the piece; what, exactly, is getting commoditized?
- qwh1287 6mo agoYes, people can continue to use their commoditized AI girlfriends while others prefer real ones. Jesus Christ, even AI websites are just garbage, and that is the lowest form of programming.