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> Don't post generated text or AI-edited text. HN is for conversation between humans.
I think it's fair to discuss whether a post violates the guidelines. I guess it would also be okay to flag in that case?
Without fail, every comment section will have posts by people talking about how something is AI generated. Yeah we get it. It used to be novel to spot this, but now most people are pretty good at spotting it too and/or don't care.
It's about as meaningful as noting an article is written in English.
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> There was an unexpected consequence: By automating the laborious parts of my work, I had, in turn, filled my day with more laborious parts.
> A menial task that took me 5 minutes once or twice a day turned into a menial task that I was doing 10-20 times a day. As I had automated the obvious parts, it left behind the glue work that never bothered me before. Now it was a substantial part of my day, and the context switching was killing me.
I assume that’s not the whole story, but I would have liked to read about the ways it made things better, too.
But it kind of fits my experience too. Less time coding, and more time gathering requirements, testing, and doing knowledge transfer etc. Then you start thinking about how to make those parts automatic via automated tests or automated documentation generation that you review etc.
1. Write down everything you do in text. Don't skip any details: thoughts, why, how, who, what, and so on
2. Add details. More details. Even more details.
3. You will see some patterns. This is algorithm.
4. Extract algorithms into specs/intent graph. But for god's sake don't use markdown as final substrate. At least write BDD/Gherkin.
5. "Sufficiently structured problem becomes the solution"
You're welcome.
I'm not kidding though.
I had a mental breakdown multiple times throughout 2 months while I was "writing down in minuscule detail what I'm doing".
I debugged my brain and realized I have OCD (in addition to ADHD) and it made me so happy that I'm now free from this terrible mistake of not making any mistakes at all.
And I never felt so productive in my entire life.
Incredible things will just start happening once you start writing your thoughts.
It doesn't even matter what you are writing. Just write it all down.
All of it.
Even this?
https://xkcd.com/1205/
Unfortunately, a lot of developers are terrified of the CLI for some reason and cling to GUIs and TUIs.
"Use this CLI tool and figure it out. Look up this sentry issue using it"
"Add a service that watches for an error in the log. Look at the home assistant MCP data and find my phone, send a notification to it and make it send when there's an error"
Now after it manually does it and makes the code. "Make this into a skill for anytime I paste a URL with sentry inside the message"
But also important: "make that procedure a prompt file so when I invoke it I just pass X after it and it works fully"
Having too many skills for things that are very specific where you can directly invoke it via slash command, wastes context space with the skill headers I find. So I make those prompts instead
What if my partner has a high libido? Instructions unclear.
Idk, call me crazy but I've never had the urge to automate many things. I'm not sure if I've found myself in a situation where I don't have very many things in my life which can be automated, or if I've subconsciously positioned myself where this is the case. Perhaps the most I've done is use LLM's to automate some of the drudgery of coding, but that's not very special.
Like thinking about my life, I could definitely do with a personal assistant to manage the non-work parts of my life, but all the programming related stuff I do, are things I need to do. Maybe I'm just not agentic enough, I can't relate to this article.
"anything"?
So if human pilot(s) are repeatedly flying commercial planes, that should be fully automated (with no pilots, captains or safety crew on board)?
We are talking fully automated and to automate anything from cars to trucks. The mistakes [0] become so expensive that it will almost bankrupt any startup.
> Try it yourself: Anytime you need to do something more than twice, spend the minimal time possible asking Copilot CLI to automate it.
I stopped reading when I saw this and it is clear that the author is trying to sell you Copilot, which almost no-one uses.
[0] https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-recall-floodwa...