I'm trapped into a procastination loop.
Any conversation
Sharing your work with others is a hard computer science problem in 2026, the Year of our Lord. You either here the sound of chirping crickets or the sound of "AI Slop" yells.
My past 3 projects went viral. I didnโt write a single line of code in any of them. But I still feel I engineered them. There were a few people that noticed but the majority didnโt see an issue.
You're fortunate in that you've genuinely captured something that people clearly want with
textlog. No one wants another static site generator or coding harness. Ideas that resonate are pretty few and far between now.I have something that usually builds, tests, and deploys under five minutes. It has been over two hours and forty eight minutes and it is still going on today... ๐ซฃ
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ๅฎนๅนณๅฐ๏ผๅๅธๅ
ๅฎนใhotmailๅ ไธบๆๆฒกๆ็จณๅฎ็ipๅฐๅ๏ผๅธธๅธธๅฐ็ฆๆ็email่ดฆๅท๏ผๆ็mastodon่ดฆๅทๅ ๆญคไนๆฒกๆณ้ฟๆไฝฟ็จใๆๅธๆ่ฟๆฏไธไธชๆๅฏไปฅ้ฟๆๅๅธๅ
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It seems I can post in Chinese. Because I don't have an ID card, I can't have a phone number, and therefore can't register a stable email address, which means I can't register on content platforms or publish content. Hotmail frequently blocks my email account because I don't have a stable IP address, so my Mastodon account can't be used long-term. I hope this is a place where I can publish content consistently.
@fastidiousprofilefollow
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyersreplied to:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyersreplied to:ๅฏ๏ผๅฅฝๅง๏ผไธบไบไฝ ่ชๅทฑ๏ผๆๅธๆๅฎ่ฝๆ็ปญๅพ้ฟๆถ้ดใไฝ ็ไบ่็ฝ้ฎ้ขๅพ้พ่งฃๅณ๏ผ้ๅธธๆฑๆญ๏ผ :-(
Well, okay, for your own sake, I hope it lasts a long time. I'm so sorry your internet problem is so difficult to fix! :-(
replied to@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyers:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyers:่ฐข่ฐขไฝ ๏ผๆฒกๆณๅฐ่ฟ็ๆไบบๅๆ็ๅธๅญ๏ผๆๅจไบ่็ฝไธ่ณๅฐๅ ๅนดๆฒกๅไบบๅฏน่ฏ่ฟไบ
Thank you. I didn't expect anyone to actually reply to my post. I haven't had a conversation with anyone online for at least several years.
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyersreplied to:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyersreplied to:ๅพ้ซๅ
ดๆไธบๅพไน
ไปฅๆฅ็็ฌฌไธไธชไบบไนไธ๏ผๆ็ๆๅ๏ผๅฅฝๅฅฝ็๏ผๅจๆซๆๅฟซ๏ผๅ่ฐ
ๆ็ๅฐ้่ฏฏ๏ผๆๆญฃๅจ็จ็ฟป่ฏๆฅๅๅคใๆไปฌ้ฝ็ฅ้ๅคงๅคๆฐๆถๅ้ฝไธๅคชๅฅฝใ
So happy to be one of the first people to reply in a long time, my friend! Have a good weekend! Please forgive my little mistake, I'm replying using a translation. We all know things aren't always great.
replied to@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyers:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyers:sorry, what kind of contents are welcomed in this site?
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyersreplied to:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyersreplied to:I am sure pretty much everything that isnโt criminal, abusive, or illegal. I know those definitions vary from country to country. Just be a good human, and you should be OK.
I was curious of testing the Omarchy distribution this week just because I had some free time to work on it. I saw a lot of hate around it and kind of get the point but so far at least for what I have been doing it wasn't terrible (at least at the point of writing this) although I am not trying to convince anybody to use it. But it just remember me how much do I hate MS.
Everytime I come on here I feel so dumb compared to everyone -_- mostly because I didn't come here from GitHub or any other major site like it .. :P
I notice that language models are much better at programming than at writing. This is largely because, in programming, they have a closed feedback loop that allows them to find errors. Writing is much more complicated because the feedback is much more diffuse and delayed over time. In fact, it is often not well-defined.
But maybe we'd all be a little saner if we remembered what we're actually doing: building tools to make our lives and the lives of others easier.
This resonated a lot. Iโm glad I read it now, before going totally insane lol. But I disagree that itโs just a glorified spreadsheet. The UI/UX matters, how you present the data, how they can change and so on, all of those things play a role. The good thing with AI is iteration is cheaper than ever, so you can experiment and process the results quickly. But yeah sometimes I just do things here because I just have to be doing something, I canโt leave it alone.
Agreed. The "just" makes the statement sound dismissive, but I do agree with the underlying sentiment that most software boils down to CRUD apps that help people organize information and complete tasks more efficiently. I think the path to developer enlightenment is realizing this truth without despairing over it.