GlyphFeb 15

for all their flaws, one of the things that "agentic coding" tools seem to be legitimately doing is addressing a big gap in the programming tool space: specifically, introducing discoverability.

as a non-musician, I can open up GarageBand and make some beeps and boops and maybe eventually even get music out

as a non-artist, I can open up Photoshop and smudge around some colors by clicking on random tools

as a non-modeler, I can open up Blender and… okay bad example. I can open up Maya and

Show threadGlyphFeb 15

point is, most software has an idiom where its functions are visually exposed. you can figure out how to make a note or a pixel or whatever and then everything else can eventually flow from there.

but software tools have not crossed that chasm for some reason. there were things like Prograph which never caught on, I gather that there are things like "node-based editors" for shaders & game logic in tools like Unity and Unreal, but these are extremely niche use cases

Show threadgenehackFeb 15
@glyph something something HyperCard
Show threadGlyphFeb 15
@genehack see several other branches of the replies :)
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@glyph ah, sorry, I did look and didn’t see any mention
Feb 15 at 6:55amWeb
Show threadGlyphFeb 15
@genehack does your instance have fetch-all-replies? (I guess even if it does sometimes it still takes a minute)
Show threadgenehackFeb 15
@glyph it should, but 🤷