My mom (in her 70s) is always asking me questions about AI, so last time I was home I showed her how Claude Code works so we could vibecode a Wordle clone together. I also showed how I would normally write code in an editor to make a few final tweaks.
When we were done she said, “I had no idea what you did for a living was so boring.”
@liza I think this is maybe a bit like showing a single stanza to someone who's unfamiliar with the idea of poetry. There's a lot going on that someone just can't pick up right away. It's also possibly a verdict on Wordle – which is technically very boring but has a satisfying, polished mechanic: discrete things slotting precisely into place, like a crossword.
Computing is an acquired taste. Take the popularity of custom keyboards: something tedious and utilitarian becomes totally fetishized.
Liza Daly
Theo Honohan