.cameloFeb 2, 2025
The Manchurian Idiot
"BUT THE #LLM HELPS ME CHURN OUT BOILERPLATE" I am once again begging you to try to imagine working towards a world where we don't need the boilerplate
Feb 29, 2024 at 8:46amWeb
Show threadbmaxvFeb 29, 2024

@pikesley Yes. Embrace beautiful #Rockstarlang

https://codewithrockstar.com/

#programming

Rockstar

Rockstar is an esoteric programming language based on the β€˜lyrical conventions of 1980s hard rock songs and power ballads.’. It was created by Dylan Beattie in 2018.

Rockstar
Show threadπ·π‘œπ‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘–π‘ π‘†π‘Žπ‘¦π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  ☠Feb 29, 2024
@pikesley Indeed. Share the prompt not the boilerplate.
Show thread🌲Mar 1, 2024
@pikesley If you have to write boilerplate then the language you're using provides shit abstractions tbh
Show threadWolf480plFeb 2, 2025
@pikesley a world without boilerplate? but how are we going to boil water?
Show threadkwantumkrautMay 25, 2025
@pikesley @garrwolfdog I’m sure by now any respectable IDE has the option for snippets right?
Show threadDanielJan 1
@pikesley sure I used to say the same thing about rails generators and nobody paid attention then either
Show threadPaulJan 1
@dan @pikesley I've always felt that Rails generators were a classic example of a local minimum and that there must be better solutions beyond the hills
Show threadMarianneApr 2

@pikesley fucken this
From a non-coding-writing perspective

The amount of 'well it's pointless me spending time writing/showing this' - then WHY ARE WE DOING IT? If it's not worth the effort, fucking don't.

Show threadThe Manchurian IdiotApr 2
@noodlemaz this feels of a piece with goldfarming - "you can pay somebody in China to grind through the dull parts of this game for you" WHY DOES YOUR GAME HAVE DULL PARTS THAT REQUIRE GRINDING?
Show threadMarianneApr 2
@pikesley gotta push button!