joshuahutt

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by joshuahutt 2y ago
They didn't think of it "themselves," but they did choose to do it.
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
Thanks! Are you able to figure it out? Feel free to message me if you're willing to chat about it. Would love to know if it's actually useful for you. joshua@huttj.com
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
You know, I think we’ve reached the point in the divide where it would be more instructive for me to see more examples of how you work, or vice-versa than it would to continue like this. I get the sense that we are expressing preferences, a
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
> this phenomenon occurs because of a lack of tool intelligence in handling tools. What those comments show is that more content is needed on how to survive among numerous tools and how to easily filter tools. That's fair. Using too
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
Very cool! I built a version of this [1], but balked at trying to sell it. This is the third iteration of this idea I've seen so far. Your reply popup is a smart feature and a nice touch! Love it. I love the privacy focus and BYOK, as
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
Totally agree. I remember the phrase “learning how to think” being thrown around. I also remember not being explicitly taught that. It sort of seems like trying to find enlightenment by chopping wood and carrying water at a monastery. If cr
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
Anyone who says “it’s easy” might be having an easy go of it, or they might lack the self-awareness to realize the amount of energy and cortisol they are burning through when they accomplish the task. “Easy” things today can mysteriously ca
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
Also, memorizing mental modals has a sort of path dependence to it. Once you have one in your brain, it’s hard to replace, even if it sucks.
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
You expressed this this much more concisely that I did.
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
I really enjoyed how the post was laid out —- the structure caught and kept my attention and made the arguments easy to follow. Unfortunately, I’m not convinced. The author makes a good case for experimentation, but not for “tool maximizati
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
It's like...if "less is more," then "more is less." Reminds me of a floating point number. The bigger or smaller they get, the less accurate they become. If you're chunking on a ton of data and tasks, you'
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
My thoughts on this are to slow down and document and explore that knowledge and information. If it is really valuable, the "loss" in efficiency from slowing down will be offset by the gain in skill/utility from really grokki
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
I can see your point, but I think it's worthwhile to understand the full context, even if it's irrelevant on the surface. I wasn't familiar with von Braun before reading this thread, and I appreciate the extra info. Complex f
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
That's one way to do it!
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
Most problems are hard to "solve" because we entertain the delusion of solutions that don't exist — solutions which tie everything together with a nice bow and require no discomfort or negative emotions of any kind. Alex Horm
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
True, the apps are all basically converging.
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
Some great lessons in here. Particularly liked the one about ambiguities hiding conflict. That’s true in groups and for individuals, in my experience. When we say “I don’t know,” we usually mean “I haven’t resolved how I feel about this.” C
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
Some things seem inevitable. I've really run myself through the wringer trying to figure out "what could I have done to achieve a better outcome for everyone involved." I guess success and failure are both group efforts.
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
Life seems to be a crapshoot for most people. Most people seem to be born into families not adequately equipped to raise children, and the ones that succeed and survive seem to do so despite what they missed out on, developing elaborate cop
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
You may be an outlier. Many in their 30s are married, mortgaged, and otherwise unable to risk rocking the boat.
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by joshuahutt 2y ago
How could you, in such a case?
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by joshuahutt 3y ago
I would love to do the math on this. The average Janitor I salary in the United States is $34,623 as of February 26, 2024. Average home price in the United States: $417,700. Monthly payment for 30-year mortgage is $2,950. Monthly gross pay
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by joshuahutt 3y ago
There are very different definitions of "rich." Take the old comparison between Gates and Jordan. "If Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 450 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has today." You can
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by joshuahutt 3y ago
Good question. I expect that we're moving into a phase of AIs talking to AIs, and initially it'll be wasteful (because it'll be mostly English), but eventually, they'll derive their own language and seamlessly upgrade pr
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by joshuahutt 3y ago
Just because the process today is "good enough" doesn't mean that it's a worthwhile use of developer time to create that process. But, you're highlighting one of the challenges of changing the status quo. The "
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by joshuahutt 3y ago
So you write when inspiration strikes, and you'll re-read and sift through later?
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by joshuahutt 3y ago
Exactly my point. Why do I need a custom UI for every LOB task under the sun? Just let me use a common interface to address all manner of uninteresting data problems. The UI goes away, or fades into the background, and the focus rests solel
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by joshuahutt 3y ago
Great point. I have no idea. What are your banking use cases? For me, it's mostly information I want. I don't really need a full app for that. I want to know: 1) How much money do I have? 2) Did a check I cashed clear yet? 3) Are
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by joshuahutt 3y ago
I feel the same way. I think the immediate future is bright. Some will try to cram this technology into enterprise. It will do well. Those jobs will die. Others will leverage it alongside the more creative engineering tasks—they will thrive
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by joshuahutt 3y ago
We're solving the wrong problem. People trying to use cars to pull horse carts are doomed to fail. Trying to use AI to build the software of yesterday is a waste of time.

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