← Back to context Comment by keyle 2 months ago Who care what it did. What did you learn? To live is to learn. 24 comments keyle Reply mikkupikku 2 months ago When I consider the utility of a hammer, my first priority is to ask what the hammer can teach me. pygy_ 2 months ago There are NES emulators aplenty, the only value in writing a new one is pedagogic, for the writer.This endeavor had negative net value. jimmaswell 2 months ago It demonstrated the capabilities of an AI to a potentially on-the-fence audience while giving the author experience using the new tools/environment. That's solid value. I also just find it really cool to see that an AI did this. 1 reply → mikkupikku 2 months ago How about being entertained by the process? 1 reply → NoraCodes 2 months ago Do you think that the use of a hammer is an innate skill, and that woodworkers learn nothing from their craft? mikkupikku 2 months ago Okay, so let's say the use of a coding agent isn't an innate skill, so the author was gaining experience with the tool. philipallstar 2 months ago Ask not what your hammer can do for you. jancsika 2 months ago If it's a zillion dollar hammerbot the company is offering to your boss for pennies, that had better be your first priority! risyachka 2 months ago Do you like to read posts about what hammer can do? Especially when it has been done 100 times already. mikkupikku 2 months ago I'm no carpenter, but I can honestly say I've probably read a hundred articles about vim.. butlike 2 months ago You ask what you learned building the house. The hammer hits the nails. aoeusnth1 2 months ago Is there zero skill in managing agents? password54321 2 months ago Yeah I think this is the wrong approach. If they were making money out of it, that would be different. But this is pointless. RcouF1uZ4gsC 2 months ago Is this why you only wrote in machine code until you fully understood the entire compiler front end, back end chain? postalrat 2 months ago I learned claude can write a functional NES emulator. I wonder what else it can do? jgbuddy 2 months ago to live is to build shriek 2 months ago to build what you don't understand is to suffer in future krapp 2 months ago Except OP isn't learning or building. He's telling a computer to do the work for him and padding his resume. danielbln 2 months ago How cynical. Just seeing if the current crop of automation systems can do it can be interesting enough for some of us. 3 replies →
mikkupikku 2 months ago When I consider the utility of a hammer, my first priority is to ask what the hammer can teach me. pygy_ 2 months ago There are NES emulators aplenty, the only value in writing a new one is pedagogic, for the writer.This endeavor had negative net value. jimmaswell 2 months ago It demonstrated the capabilities of an AI to a potentially on-the-fence audience while giving the author experience using the new tools/environment. That's solid value. I also just find it really cool to see that an AI did this. 1 reply → mikkupikku 2 months ago How about being entertained by the process? 1 reply → NoraCodes 2 months ago Do you think that the use of a hammer is an innate skill, and that woodworkers learn nothing from their craft? mikkupikku 2 months ago Okay, so let's say the use of a coding agent isn't an innate skill, so the author was gaining experience with the tool. philipallstar 2 months ago Ask not what your hammer can do for you. jancsika 2 months ago If it's a zillion dollar hammerbot the company is offering to your boss for pennies, that had better be your first priority! risyachka 2 months ago Do you like to read posts about what hammer can do? Especially when it has been done 100 times already. mikkupikku 2 months ago I'm no carpenter, but I can honestly say I've probably read a hundred articles about vim.. butlike 2 months ago You ask what you learned building the house. The hammer hits the nails. aoeusnth1 2 months ago Is there zero skill in managing agents?
pygy_ 2 months ago There are NES emulators aplenty, the only value in writing a new one is pedagogic, for the writer.This endeavor had negative net value. jimmaswell 2 months ago It demonstrated the capabilities of an AI to a potentially on-the-fence audience while giving the author experience using the new tools/environment. That's solid value. I also just find it really cool to see that an AI did this. 1 reply → mikkupikku 2 months ago How about being entertained by the process? 1 reply →
jimmaswell 2 months ago It demonstrated the capabilities of an AI to a potentially on-the-fence audience while giving the author experience using the new tools/environment. That's solid value. I also just find it really cool to see that an AI did this. 1 reply →
NoraCodes 2 months ago Do you think that the use of a hammer is an innate skill, and that woodworkers learn nothing from their craft? mikkupikku 2 months ago Okay, so let's say the use of a coding agent isn't an innate skill, so the author was gaining experience with the tool.
mikkupikku 2 months ago Okay, so let's say the use of a coding agent isn't an innate skill, so the author was gaining experience with the tool.
jancsika 2 months ago If it's a zillion dollar hammerbot the company is offering to your boss for pennies, that had better be your first priority!
risyachka 2 months ago Do you like to read posts about what hammer can do? Especially when it has been done 100 times already. mikkupikku 2 months ago I'm no carpenter, but I can honestly say I've probably read a hundred articles about vim..
mikkupikku 2 months ago I'm no carpenter, but I can honestly say I've probably read a hundred articles about vim..
butlike 2 months ago You ask what you learned building the house. The hammer hits the nails. aoeusnth1 2 months ago Is there zero skill in managing agents?
password54321 2 months ago Yeah I think this is the wrong approach. If they were making money out of it, that would be different. But this is pointless.
RcouF1uZ4gsC 2 months ago Is this why you only wrote in machine code until you fully understood the entire compiler front end, back end chain?
postalrat 2 months ago I learned claude can write a functional NES emulator. I wonder what else it can do?
jgbuddy 2 months ago to live is to build shriek 2 months ago to build what you don't understand is to suffer in future krapp 2 months ago Except OP isn't learning or building. He's telling a computer to do the work for him and padding his resume. danielbln 2 months ago How cynical. Just seeing if the current crop of automation systems can do it can be interesting enough for some of us. 3 replies →
krapp 2 months ago Except OP isn't learning or building. He's telling a computer to do the work for him and padding his resume. danielbln 2 months ago How cynical. Just seeing if the current crop of automation systems can do it can be interesting enough for some of us. 3 replies →
danielbln 2 months ago How cynical. Just seeing if the current crop of automation systems can do it can be interesting enough for some of us. 3 replies →
When I consider the utility of a hammer, my first priority is to ask what the hammer can teach me.
There are NES emulators aplenty, the only value in writing a new one is pedagogic, for the writer.
This endeavor had negative net value.
It demonstrated the capabilities of an AI to a potentially on-the-fence audience while giving the author experience using the new tools/environment. That's solid value. I also just find it really cool to see that an AI did this.
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How about being entertained by the process?
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Do you think that the use of a hammer is an innate skill, and that woodworkers learn nothing from their craft?
Okay, so let's say the use of a coding agent isn't an innate skill, so the author was gaining experience with the tool.
Ask not what your hammer can do for you.
If it's a zillion dollar hammerbot the company is offering to your boss for pennies, that had better be your first priority!
Do you like to read posts about what hammer can do? Especially when it has been done 100 times already.
I'm no carpenter, but I can honestly say I've probably read a hundred articles about vim..
You ask what you learned building the house. The hammer hits the nails.
Is there zero skill in managing agents?
Yeah I think this is the wrong approach. If they were making money out of it, that would be different. But this is pointless.
Is this why you only wrote in machine code until you fully understood the entire compiler front end, back end chain?
I learned claude can write a functional NES emulator. I wonder what else it can do?
to live is to build
to build what you don't understand is to suffer in future
Except OP isn't learning or building. He's telling a computer to do the work for him and padding his resume.
How cynical. Just seeing if the current crop of automation systems can do it can be interesting enough for some of us.
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