ploumMar 14

I added the followingt to ublock origin:
https://github.com/alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist

It is helpful when I’m searching for technical stuff. Technical contents are plagued with SEO spam and now slop.

So I make my search using @kagihq , I open in new tabs the 5 or 6 results that look useful. Out of those, one or two are usually blocked, which means I don’t even need to parse its content.

The bad news is that the remaining 4-5 tabs are often not useful either.

Best are StackOverflow posts from the 201* era.

GitHub - alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist: Websites I personally found that are completely generated by AI. Pull requests welcome.

Websites I personally found that are completely generated by AI. Pull requests welcome. - alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist

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Christian WillmesMar 15
Show threadploum

In the end, I realize that reading official documentation and the source code of the tool you want to use is the best way to go. There’s always that 5 minutes dread when it seems helpless, when you think you could simply find a blog post from someone explaining exactly what you need.

But, this era is no more. You need to either blindly follow an hallucinating tool not under you control or build a real knowledge of the tools you use, through sweat.

Mar 14 at 3:27pmWeb
Show threadnathanMar 14
@ploum Code never lies. Comments often do 😛
Show threadFlorianMar 14

@ploum I agree. In this era my humble experience showed me that having the curiosity to read source code is still valuable, even in the business world.

And outside of it, well yes this will always be a good way to know how things works. And an invaluable joy.

Show threadPierre EquoyMar 14

@ploum this is a great opportunity for people who want to contribute to open source without being developers to help. Improving user facing documentation is super important!

I really don't like when developers are telling you to look into their source code though. I feel like it's a lazy answer to people looking for help.

Show threadHyde 📷 🖋 Mar 14
@ploum 💯 agree !