AI-Generated Books, Forth & Pharo, and Why I'm Back with Common Lisp
A notebook-style essay about stumbling upon AI-generated tech books (HiTeX Press, "Robert Johnson"), the realization that beautiful design doesn't equal working code, and the journey through Smalltalk chaos to the quiet stability of Common Lisp.
Includes thoughts on:
- The "end of the internet age"
- Why I avoid publicly traded companies
- AI in music, photography, and content moderation
- Why a REPL beats bouncing windows
Fake books → real lessons → building my own tools with CLOS and CLOG.
Read here in German:
https://mahamind7.blogspot.com/2026/03/angriff-der-ai-text-2.html
#CommonLisp #Smalltalk #AI #TechBooks #Programming #Forth #Pharo
The Smalltalk System Browser has survived for 40 years.
That’s not an accident: it solves the context problem extremely well.
But the real friction in modern Smalltalk may lie elsewhere: the lack of composition between IDE tools.
Some thoughts ↓
https://blog.lorenzano.eu/smalltalks-browser-unbeatable-yet-not-enough/
RE: https://aoir.social/@kdriscoll/116054489061768813
Sad to read the illustrator of the legendary Smalltalk balloon cover for Byte magazine, Robert Tinney, died.
#Cardiacs e as vezes sobre
#Pharo #Smalltalk e
#Python
#bi e #nb
#Python
#Pharo #Smalltalk
#CardiacsRE: https://hachyderm.io/@cliffle/115917157195443514
Por acaso eu tava implementando `=` e `hash` no #Pharo esses dias e realmente, até hoje a técnica é `a hash bitXor: b hash`