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one thing ive found fascinating recently was re-taking some of the best tutorials i've ever taken (catlike coding, libtcod roguelike, etc), and asking astra to
by RugnirViking 10d ago
one thing ive found fascinating recently was re-taking some of the best tutorials i've ever taken (catlike coding, libtcod roguelike, etc), and asking astra to just transpile them into other technologies, stacks, or languages. Including all the garden paths, false starts, and dead ends, because the tutorial author included those intentionally. I had it copy graphics across where they're a screenshot of software, and reproduce diagrams with interactivity to show how graphs/shapes/values change as inputs are varied.
Another key thing to ask it to preserve is the nature of how we are asked to edit files. Sometimes its "replace x method with this" and then an explanation, but sometimes its "change the check at the top of suchandsuchafile to handle the new method signature", which of course forces the user to follow with and try things themselves instead of blindly copy and pasting
I certainly feel I gain insight into new technologies the same way I did with the original tutorials
Worth noting before anyone gets any ideas the resulting documents are purely for ones own consumption, publishing such things would be a moral injury against society in general and the original author specifically. If they wanted it to be made, they could just do it themselves.