First pumpkin spice sighting for the year logged.
Not complaining, just documenting History.
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Matt Birchler
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Product manager/designer at NMI, YouTuber, writer, and podcaster
Some software needs novelty. It’s needs creativity to do something that’s never been done before, but that’s a very small percentage of code that’s written.
I’m not saying LLMs will 10x your productivity, but I know they can be a significant help to many people.
What frustrates me is that yes, LLMs are unlikely to produce anything truly novel due to their nature. This is why I find them poor tools for writing since writing *is* thinking and the whole purpose of writing is to come up with something novel to say.
But coding is often not novel. In fact, it’s exceptionally predictive. It’s why I can write a line of code, hit return, and my IDE can suggest the next 7 lines of a function I’m writing and it’s basically always right.
Sigh. First off, this is yet another “I reject the experience of millions of others because of one query” posts which is…whatever, you do you.
Second, by asking if it’s possible rather than how to do it, you get the right answer. https://chatgpt.com/share/e/6897cb01-0ea8-8010-8929-1695cf8e1ca8
Any normal person who did get it to try and code the wrong thing would immediate test it, see it didn’t work, and investigate further. https://mastodon.schub.social/@denschub/114995719518766451
I’ve seen a number of passive-aggressive posts from people who don’t understand how people like me can criticize Tim Cook while still buying Apple products, so I wrote up some feelings here for members.
https://birchtree.me/blog/when-is-it-time-to-cancel-a-company/
#movie #50: Jurassic World Rebirth
“I didn’t hate every moment” amounts to the best Jurassic movie since the 90s. 😵💫
Is This Seat Taken is a fun little puzzle game out now on iPhone and iPad (and PC, Switch, and Mac).
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/is-this-seat-taken/id6747814605
Apple Watch haters, I have a question!
If I mostly use my Apple Watch for tracking my running and walking workouts for speed/pace/heart/etc, what would the best fitness tracking wearable be for me?
In this scenario, I’d wear a traditional watch, so I’d like this to be a ring or a band or something else small.
Well well well, if @connected isn’t doing “tiny topics” now, just like Comfort Zone.
At dawn, @nileane, @ChrisLawley and I ride to war!
Unless they’ve done this for a while and I’ve somehow never noticed 🤗
And end of summer change to More Birchtree!
TLDR: it's cheaper!
More Birchtree, less money
Hello! I've been running More Birchtree for a year and a half now, it's been pretty successful, and it's gotten me to write more and hit publish on some pieces that I probably wouldn't have otherwise. I'm genuinely so thankful to everyone who has subscribed, and today I'm updating the