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y-f-honeyguide

66 karma · joined September 30, 2024

I craft CLI utilities for Unix enthusiasts and power users, pushing the boundaries of command-line efficiency. GitHub: https://github.com/yellow-footed-honeyguide
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y-f-honeyguide··on Ask HN: Let's assume AI does take developer jobs. What's the pivot?
Let's focus on the "what if" scenario. If AI takes our current jobs, programming will still be our pivot. But programming at a higher abstraction level. We'll use natural languages. Computer Science knowledge will remain crucial. Maybe good literature will become a source of keywords and commands for us.

Why will programming still be our pivot? There is no perfect software. Every program has resource constraints and unique features. High-level constraints include choosing app submodules to please users. Low-level constraints also exist. Who can decide to cut off garbage collector for performance? Yes, the process in some aspects may become more declarative. But only you know your constraints and trade-offs. And you need to specify these constraints for a hypothetical perfect coding AI. The deeper you start to specify, the more you start programming. Maybe you'll even use "while" constructions in natural language programming.

If we imagine AI knowing all constraints and human needs, we enter sci-fi territory. I think we could collectively write a pretty decent sci-fi novel about this in the comments.

But in the end, the world is very complicated and this is only an opinion.

P.S. Right now I'm going to write code in a completely non-declarative style, and have fun doing it!

y-f-honeyguide··on Show HN: Facad – A colorful directory listing tool for the command line
Hello everyone,

1) Thank you all for your support and feedback. All the questions you've asked are the same ones the skeptical part of me posed during development. And all the answers given are those my sanguine side provided (and even better).

2) I'm excited to announce that facad 2.1.0 is now available! This update includes two new features: -l, --long display detailed directory listing -a, --analytics display directory analytics

   I've also added emoji-based visual representation of file permissions for improved clarity. You can see these updates in action in the screenshots on the GitHub release page: https://github.com/yellow-footed-honeyguide/facad/releases/tag/v2.1.0
3) If you have any ideas for useful additions or features, please don't hesitate to share them. I would also greatly appreciate any advice on maintaining and growing an open-source project.

Thank you again for your interest in facad!