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Then AI got good. I've always been able to solve problems fast in my head, but was bottlenecked by fingers and dumb infra.
AI gave me my time back honestly. Nix solved infra. backlog CLI kept the work clear. Good engineering, in spurts.
Now I have more execution power than ever, and I can steer my minions. Yes, I don't get to code and there is little flow state, but I always better liked to solve a problem and go to the next than actually typing it out.
From my phone, wireguard and aVNC to my homelab, I conduct ralph loops on my architecture and principles. This is so powerful, that my brain poops out even more ideas - and so I find myself fully immersed - another kind of flow state.
Consequence: Brain fry and less sleep, so sometimes I just crash out and sleep for 10 hrs. Usually get 5-6 hrs nowadays.
presented at Embedded Linux Conf
yes, it downloads actual torrents.
Asked to generate drawio for the winner so I can grok it more easily, then I gave feedback.
Edit: 1121 cycles
AI lets you do that faster.
AI may suggest a dumb way, so you have to think, and tell it what to do.
My rate of thinking is faster than typing, so the bottleneck has switched from typing to thinking!
Don't let AI think for you. Do actual intensional arch design.
Programmers that don't know CS who only care about hammering the keyboards because they're artisans have little future.
AI also give me back my hobby after having kids -- time is valuable, and AI is energy efficient.
We are truly living in a cambrian explosion -- lot of slop will be produced, but market and selection pressure will weed those out.
For all I know, Jesus could have been the world's first great magician. The world has seen quite a few people in it, some quite remarkable - for which stories have been written. No deity or supernatural abilities need to apply.
Words in a book/internet aren't always the truth.
Like religion