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Comment by mikkupikku

5 hours ago

When I consider the utility of a hammer, my first priority is to ask what the hammer can teach me.

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.

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.

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.