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i don't use LLMs to write code

that's it. this is my personal opinion. i enjoy writing code. i don't enjoy reading AI code. i've spent far too many years at my current job trying to pick apart the historical context of code written by past humans in order to maintain

weeknotes 25: b12

Post by @apaleslimghost@cathode.church View on Mastodon completely out of commission almost all week. definitely some kind of flu-like thing. absolutely horrible. played a lot of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and a lot of Factorio. tried implementing Codemirror support in Cadence. tried designing some kind of handheld computer shell

weeknotes 24: river goddess

i am Mildly Sick. headache, fatigue, aches, temperature. i keep thinking i'm fine then making the mistake of standing up. i have stuff i want to do. i'm running out of summer weekends. a final few days in Cornwall, went to Portscatho to eat mackerel from

weeknotes 23: birthday parade

we're in the southwest for Phil & Sharay's wedding, a three-day affair in a manor farm turned holiday cottage complex on the Tamar. we camped in the field which was surprisingly okay even with Adorable Three-Year-Old Nephew in the next tent over. pizza and poker on

weeknotes 22: spotlight (2015)

there's something unpleasant in the air. nothing seems to be going right. idk i "finished" the secret project. tell you about it next week. it's only going to arrive slightly late. murder on the dancefloor was fun. sounds good i think. saturday was the

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