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by zkry 2y ago
There's definitely a lot of choices in Emacs land for these new LLM tools. There's copilot mode, chatgpt shell, gptel, theres so'e more from other AI startups. Plus writing LLM integrations for Emacs is a breeze with everythi
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by zkry 2y ago
My guess would be not much. LLMs are pretty useless concerning anything novel. Maybe an LLM could update the docstrings?
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by zkry 2y ago
Apologies if it looked like I was singling out your comment. It was more that those comments brought the idea to mind that sheer code generation without skilled thought directing it may lead to unintended negative outcomes.
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by zkry 2y ago
I personally am not a vim user in any way and have no intention to use it, neovim, or its keybindings, but I thoroughly enjoy such articles. According to the Lindy Effect, we can expect such articles to continue until 2060. I personally fee
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by zkry 2y ago
I agree with this take actually. I do imagine how programming in the future could be comprised of mostly interactions with LLMs. Such interactions would probably constrained enough to get the success rate of LLMs sufficiently high, maybe in
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by zkry 2y ago
This is a key point and one of the reasons why I think LLMs will fall short of expectation. Take the saying "Code is a liability," and the fact that with LLMs, you are able to create so much more code than you normally would: The
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by zkry 2y ago
> I’ve been coding for a long time... I think having been coding for a long time, I don't think you fall into the same category. Dart having paradigms not too different from other standard languages, a lot of these skills are probab
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by zkry 2y ago
> The sum total of the human-generated knowledge was derived in a similar manner, with each generation learning from the one before and expanding the pool of knowledge incrementally. Is human knowledge really derived in a similar manner
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by zkry 2y ago
As an experiment, at my work I've stopped using all AI tools and went back to my pre-ai workflows. It was kind of weird at difficult at first, like maybe having to drive without GPS navigation, but I feel like I'm essentially at
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by zkry 2y ago
> However, I also think we're lacking text focused environments for smaller scale programs, the equivalent of shell scripts or BASIC programs. I actually think Emacs is the perfect environment for this. Not only that, but Emacs can
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by zkry 2y ago
a lot of which were founded on the promises of AI: symbolics, thinking machines corporation
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by zkry 2y ago
There are a lot of comparisons that could be drawn: web 3.0, the internet, the dot com bubble, etc. but I think the most appropriate comparison would be to... AI in the past. No one doubts that there was a lot of value coming from that rese
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by zkry 2y ago
As an enthusiast myself I'd be tempted to come to the same conclusion but I'm surprised with the options and learning resources out there how quick some people can get up to speed in Emacs. Yeah, it will probably take a good weeke
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by zkry 2y ago
I started using Emacs in the late 10s and I can definitely say that depending on your values there are no alternatives that even come close. If you want the absolute minimum learning curve then perhaps there are better options, but I'm
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by zkry 2y ago
> Imagine halving the resource costs of AI and what that could mean for the planet and the industry -- based on extreme estimates such savings could reduce the total US power usage by over 10% by 20301. Why would it be the case that redu
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by zkry 2y ago
I'm curious coming from the other end. I guess I can totally understand certain use cases where I'm generating fairly simple, self contained code in a language I'm unfamiliar with being good. But surely you must have experien
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by zkry 2y ago
Oh yeah, typo, I work with the Cursive IDE a lot. I've spent a good amount of time with Cursor. And I have no doubt that it provides a lot of utility. I also would agree that most good devs I know definitely adopt some form of LLM inte
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by zkry 2y ago
I've noticed that tools like Cursor doesn't really seem to make difference in the end. The good software developers are still the good software developers, regardless of editors. I don't think you should be upset or worried t
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by zkry 4y ago
I’ve tried so many productivity apps over and org-mode has been the only one that has stuck. I would say what sets it apart from other applications is its malleability. For example, I built a website blocker that only allows sites relevant
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by zkry 4y ago
Could be, I guess it just depends on the context. Emacs shines when it involves interactivity. For example, recently I was exploring a large CSV file with some columns being base64 encoded keys. So when exploring this dataset, it was nice t
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by zkry 4y ago
Not sure about the OP but having used Emacs for 4 years and being proficient in Elisp, just the fact that I can spend a small amount of time writing Emacs lisp to automate anything. Like for example spending a few minutes to make any Jira I