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by ianbutler 7mo ago
Ah got it. I wasn’t drawing that connection. Thanks
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by ianbutler 7mo ago
Without me trying to be snarky why do you feel spreadsheet software launching is comparable to this scenario?
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by ianbutler 7mo ago
I don't think Reddit is a great place to determine social consensus for well adjusted people or representative of the average adult view. I never see people on Reddit have opinions of any the people I consider reasonable in real life a
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by ianbutler 7mo ago
Maybe not to devs, but I've had VCs ask about them because of popularity so there you go it's a signal to someone. Whatever reaction you have to this know that my internal reaction and yours were probably close.
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by ianbutler 7mo ago
That's what they always do it always comes down to a sense of perpetual entitlement over the work of others, work they themselves would never do. I've had the same discussion for years now on HN. It is not unethical to decide to s
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by ianbutler 7mo ago
Patently the idea that it is a passion for using LLMs is crank, what does that even mean? People don't have passion for screwdrivers. I've developed for 20 years now. I wrote my first line of code when I was 10. My passion is for
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by ianbutler 7mo ago
I think game designers who work with a developer would be surprised to learn their skill in game design doesn't factor into the end product even though they don't code the game.
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by ianbutler 7mo ago
Nothing you've written here disproves my point. If you drop the barrier to entry, which this does, of course you see more crap. It won't change the fact someone with taste and skill will make a good game with this tech. People wit
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by ianbutler 7mo ago
The majority of all code written is highly mediocre. Acting like most people made good and enjoyable games when it was handcoded is just not right. The same people who were going to make something good will still make something good, the co
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by ianbutler 7mo ago
cmd-shift-p (at least in vscode)
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by ianbutler 7mo ago
> Attempting to move to a system that is more difficult will be very difficult for them. That doesn't make it wrong, it just might make the last 20 years a mistake.
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
Tech is pretty split here actually, just depends who you’re talking to and their incentives.
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
They're just saying the job market is hot in the location of the S (San) F (Francisco) B (Bay) A (Area) it's not cryptic, I'll assume you had a brain fart here it happens. Unless I'm getting whooshed now lol, but yeah t
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
I’m not those people you’ll not find a disagreement from me
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
You're providing much too much credit to China's government, the dynamic is simpler: China just hasn't calcified yet after workers press for better standards of safety and quality of life and maybe they won't because tha
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
I'm not sure I like this trend of taking the first slightly hypey app in an existing space and then defining the nomenclature of the space relative to that app, in this case even suggesting it's another layer of the stack. It impl
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
Nothing, do that! It's not just about Show HN. If you're asking for feedback you're clearing a lot of the problem right there. These are not who I'm talking about. You cultivate some measure of taste right there actually
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
> I'm not sure there's much for either of us to gain by continuing. A feeling of self righteous indignation? (I joke) Anyway, I appreciate your take, but yes I think we just take fully different sides. I really am having a hard
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
I hear you, but I at least try to disarm that notion. I even have a footnote talking about how taste is entirely group dependent and measured by reception so while I think your point is more broadly applicable I feel it has less to do with
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
First I never did that. Second, I've founded several companies, had customers, put out products to be judged by the market and raised capital. I'm more than qualified to put out an opinion here. Been there done that.
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
My standards aren't expressed in the post at all is what I try to keep getting across. I'm describing an objective fact of social dynamics. "Things that don't consider their audience get ignored or are perceived poorly.&
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
Idk I've read a lot of Selridge's comments up and down the whole post now and it really seems like any idea of taste to them defaults to classism and then they misapply that framework here, which is realistically one of the faires
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
I honestly tried to not inject my own standards into this and tried to stick around dynamics as much as possible. I think you shouldn't post to post, but if you've considered your audience and thought about something outside of yo
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
I'm not gate keeping anything, to do that I would have to make specific statements beyond "consider other people when you post something" Right and my point is you (or i) will never be consulted, it happens emergently through
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
Among other places sure, I pivoted off the Show HN strictly, but it's fair for you to raise this given your thread was inspiration. Posting something to SHOW people without considering how people may want or need what you're showi
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
I'm not shitting on you at all, you're actually not the type of person I was talking about at all. The thread I reference (and link to) at the opening of the blog post sets a lot of the scene. That thread was about Show HN being f
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
Nope it's exactly what I said, by choosing not to put it out to all of us because its only for them, that is actually being tasteful. It's very simple.
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
https://archive.is/a9Cli I've grabbed the archive link for anyone with it struggling to load. It's a single replica running with fairly modest settings on my office server so I'm proud it's managed to li
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
Because right now they are actually being tasteful?
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by ianbutler 8mo ago
Mmmm I can see the text just fine when selecting it, I realize this is subjective to me though and an accessibility thing I likely missed, I'll look into a better color scheme for that on the blog, sorry for the trouble.

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