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> his addiction to agentic coding Why would it be an addiction versus obsession? Getting obsessed with something and building things around it, even if it's no
by JumpCrisscross 6mo ago
> his addiction to agentic coding
Why would it be an addiction versus obsession? Getting obsessed with something and building things around it, even if it's nonsense, is artistically genuine.
- apsurd 6mo agoyeah that's true. i used the word addiction because i remember reading him using that exact word. and including tokens and llms alongside the rise of gambling and such. but i could be wrong.
- dyauspitr 6mo agoI don’t know. I have coding so much I got into technology management a decade ago. But I can’t read myself away from personal projects, it’s addictive in a way.
- bigyabai 6mo agoIt could be either. The bigger critique that people have is that the entire thing is an obvious LARP. None of this is "built for enterprise" or deployed in common ops. This is a zero-risk, zero-judgement project where vanity PRs are encouraged so that another agent can take credit for the vanity fix.
- JumpCrisscross 6mo ago> the entire thing is an obvious LARP Eh, plenty of people play with Sims. Having them do something that feels even tangentially useful has an understandable appeal.
- bigyabai 6mo agoThat's fine, I also have side projects that do absolutely nothing useful. Most people are taking issue with the deluded "it's all so obvious" rhetoric used in Yegge's writing.
- JumpCrisscross 6mo ago> Most people are taking issue with the deluded "it's all so obvious" rhetoric used in Yegge's writing Thanks. This is helpful.