Retired megastructurist. More of a fuck-arounder and find-outer.
Opinions are my own, and do not express the opinions of non-canonical dimensions.
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It's funny to see vibe coders re-discovering the entire reason GitHub exists. I get it. These tools let you move fast. Branches and PRs can feel clunky and unnecessary.
The more interesting question: what should GitHub be right now? I'd argue for radical simplification. Focus on code viewing, dead simple issue tracking, and simplified PRs.
Way back when, I created The Zen of GitHub to direct the taste of a growing software company. I'm still really proud of it.
Fast forward twelve years. Now it's the basis for my agent instructions (with some edits). What a wild end-run.
I’m trying hard to keep this new phase of social media focused on building and where I see the world going.
But you know, long ago I worked with a16z as they tried to help me “fix” GitHub’s growth in 2012. There’s something you should know about Marc. He’s a fucking talentless tool. Ben is the one with talent.
Here’s an outhouse (the bonehouse) I built this summer. I made it out of trees we milled on site with the help of Pat. Pat is a great guy. Fuck Marc Andreessen.
I haven't had this much fun building things with computers since 2007. I'm up late building shit, writing, sketching in my backyard all day. I'm playing with new toys people are building. Just look at this silly thing an old pal built: https://studio.neato.fun/
It's given me an energy I desperately needed to escape from the bullshit three-ring circus that is the world right now.
It's also absolutely destroying my sleep schedule. I just went to bed at 8pm and woke up at 4am. Feels like I'm 23.
@pie Perhaps it's a lot of the past ten years of me being conned, lied to, and disappointed by humans. Combined with the sharp difference of the post-December models from pre-December ones.
You always need people, you always need introspection, you always need deep thinking. But on it's surface, LLMs are far more ethical and correct than my average human experience. Ever try hiring a plumber?
That doesn't make all humans bad. That doesn't make all LLMs right.
@pie Context, always.
Right now, I mostly agree with you. In the future AI will absolutely be able to understand intent. It can be trained on it or instructed on it.
And how much writing needs to be interesting? Does a weather report need to be interesting and have soul? Does an article describing how to fix your car need it?
Context, context, context.
