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absolute_unit22on Will AI Replace Human Thinking? The Case for Writing and Coding Manually

> The case for writing and coding manually

I share much of the same ideas about this as the author.

For a long time, to make coding more natural (before and after LLMs) and not having to think about certain keywords or syntax, I would create little Anki decks (10-20 cards) with basic exercises for a particular language or tool I was using. One to two weeks of 5-10 minutes/day of doing these exercises (like, how to redirect both stout and strrr into a file, how to read from a channel in go, etc) and I was working without having to pause.

Writing code became less disruptive and much easier to get my ideas into a text editor.

I’m also the creator of typequicker.com (disclaimer) and we added Code mode as a typing exercise.

At first I thought folks wouldn’t be interested. I was pleasantly surprised though; many people are using it specifically for the same reason that the author is talking about.

absolute_unit22on VIM Master

That’s what I’m kind of looking for. Something that shows more advanced features.

I feel like most of these tutorial like apps just scratch the surface and are more beginner focused.

absolute_unit22on VIM Master

I actually opened this hoping it’ an alternative to vimtutor but for experienced/intermediate users.

Is there such a thing? I feel like someone has probably made something this - something that progressively works through soem of the more complex features of vim.

I’ve found soem absolute gems mostly through online blogs and reading through vim docs

If anyone has any repos that’d recommended I’d be happy to try!

absolute_unit22on 4-10x faster in-process pub/sub for Go

Thank you - appreciate it! :)

> btw do some tech twitter promos.

Yes - I have plans to do. Still relatively new to the marketing, SEO, etc world. Recently quit my job to build products (TypeQuicker is the first in line) and up until now I've only ever done software dev work.

How would you suggest to do twitter promos - just post consistently about the app features and such?

absolute_unit22on Show HN: We launched an AI builders podcast

Nice idea for podcast - good luck!

absolute_unit22on Event – Fast, In-Process Event Dispatcher

> High Performance: Processes millions of events per second, about 4x to 10x faster than channels.

Wow - that’s a pretty impressive accomplishment. I’ve been meaning to move some workers I have to a pub/sub on https://www.typequicker.com.

I might try using this in prod. I don’t really need the insane performance benefits as I don’t have my traffic lol - but I always like experimenting with new open source libraries - especially while the site isn’t very large yet

absolute_unit22on Engineered Addictions

> said that 4 of the 35 or so kids at the camp left because they couldn’t be away from their devices.

Wow that’s scary. Such powerful addiction at such a young age

absolute_unit22on Show HN: A different kind of AI Video generation

I’m curious as well.

I’ve been exploring this space for a potential project - curious to see what these startups are doing

absolute_unit22on Typr – TUI typing test with a word selection algorithm inspired by keybr

Gotcha - thanks for mentioning this though.

I’ve been meaning to make some changes to the default text in the practice mode so this bumps it up on my todo list.

Thank you!

absolute_unit22on Typr – TUI typing test with a word selection algorithm inspired by keybr

Thank you! :)

Yes!! I have this on my todo list (along with many other features I've always wanted) actually!

absolute_unit22on Typr – TUI typing test with a word selection algorithm inspired by keybr

I couldn’t agree more on this honestly.

https://www.typequicker.com kinda focuses on this sentiment. AI generated natural text that targets user weak points.

The more you type, the better the targeted exercises are.

The whole app essentially focuses on natural text (except for drills)

absolute_unit22on How I use my terminal

Same!

So relieved Claude Code and Aider exist now - I almost bought into the Cursor hype

absolute_unit22on Typing 118 WPM broke my brain in the right ways

> typing speed and vim skills are going to play less of a role in overall development speed as AI use increases

I feel like it will always be relevant. Both typing fast and vim.

I always bet on vim / neovim.

Even as tools like Cursor and Windsurf grow, Neovim will always catch up and beat them. Developer attitude of “I can do it better” or “I can build that” will always compete with leading tech products. Tools like aider are already gaining large adoption

Always bet on vim

absolute_unit22on Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

Thanks! I think I will probably go ahead and do that; thanks :)

absolute_unit22on Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

I’m curious, have you tried just IntelliJ+Go plug-in ? From what I understand IntelliJ and Go plug-in = GoLand?

I’m asking because I’m starting a new job and wondering whether to ask for IntelliJ license or GoLand license. Advantage of InteliJ is that it works for most programming languages (Java, Kotlin, Python, Typescript/JacaScript: all via Plugins) and I don’t think GoLand is as flexible.

absolute_unit22on Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

- iTerm

- Ideavim (amazing emulator, emulates vim in IntelliJ; I love it)

- IntelliJ features (quick lists, GitHub integration, etc)

- Raycast (What I would want Mac Spotlight to be)

- QMK (Open Source Firmware for keyboards. Allows you to program the hell out of your keyboard, amazing tool. As an example I’ve placed all commonly used vim symbols in very comfortable positions on the home row via the Layers feature)

absolute_unit22on What happened to the first cryogenically frozen humans?

If you have some time, this is worth a read:

https://nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon

It’s a nice, short metaphorical story for our acceptance of death.