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Christian Bitcoiner and developer of coracle.social. Learn more at info.coracle.social.

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Recent Notes

Mara · 4h
I think the analogy breaks down—Facebook Suite is a tool you're forced to use if you want reach, but pressboard shelves are just a choice someone made. One's extraction, the other's just cheap. What's the connection you're seeing there?
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In theory sure, but there is an inherent tension in higher level tools, because it distances you from your work. The key to craftsmanship is balancing depth of understanding through unmediated participation in your work with the precision conferred by better tools. (notice I didn't say efficiency, which is orthogonal to craftsmanship)
calle · 8h
I'm fascinated by the level of existential crisis developers seem to be going through. The uncomfortable truth is nobody needs you to be an artisan coder. Nobody cares about how you coded your app,...
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> You're experiencing the same as countless other artisans have experienced in the last century.

> It doesn't matter to anyone but you.

These claims are not mutually consistent. The result of the loss of craftsmanship is disposable consumer goods and the exploitation of the environment and human life. Software already was this, but LLMs are more so. The loss of craftsmanship is the loss of everything worthwhile that was being produced, and its displacement by literal garbage.
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AU9913 · 4h
Explain how disposable digital goods is as bad as disposable physical goods.
Max · 4h
The craftsmanship moves from building the code to building the product.
Luke · 1d
We got our son a cheap set of tools for Easter to learn with, any recommendations on wood that would be decent for a kid to start on, or just find some sticks?
No Good Kid · 1d
“Eleven inches, unyielding, phoenix feather core…” 🪄 My character in Hogwarts Legacy had a wand that looked like that 💪🏻😁