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Just wrote a python file that grabs data from an sqlite database and produces a .dot file that I can input to graphviz to visualize my taxonomy.

No AI was involved in the process even though
- I've never written anything beyond "Hello world" in python or used sqlite or graphviz before,
- I am disabled by long covid and struggle with languages, and
- the documentation triggered several moments when I was on the edge of just giving up on my project and acting on my frustration by volunteering to write non-spoon-sucking documentation instead.

It does almost precisely what I want (it is definitely good enough), I will be able to add everything I need to it without much additional stress, and it does the exact same thing every time I run it. It is utterly predictable. Perfect.

#ArtisanalCode #NoAI

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We need artisanal code shops that can do this for people who can't do the coding themselves.

I suspect charging by the hour and delivering a final finished product will end up being cheaper for infrequent users than a monthly LLM subscription once the AI providers get their extractors properly embedded in their customer base for enshittification.