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> I had ChatGPT build labs with sliders that I could adjust to decide how I want things to appear, instead of getting frustrated with the chatbot.

Your very own Steve Jobs Roll Your Own Calculator Construction Set[1].

(It is of course very common to do all sorts of game art using ad hoc parametric stuff like this, I just find the similarity amusing.)

[1] https://www.folklore.org/Calculator_Construction_Set.html

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This 100% occurred to me as I did it. I may not be a coder but I did read the Steve Jobs biography.

I actually haven’t :) But I did read the Macintosh stuff on folklore.org and I find it fascinating. (Read it several times, in fact, as it makes for very good procrastination...)

It reminds my of this scene from ST:TNG [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=22&v=VddS5IWxHd8&feature=you...]

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