If you know the method already, why is cron insufficient? Why use a meat bag to message over cron? Is that the setup phase for a new stream?

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hmokiguess 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This reminded me of a video I saw recently where someone mentioned that piracy is most often a service problem not a price problem. That back in the days people used torrents to get movies because they worked well and were better than searching for stuff at blockbuster, then, came Netflix, and they flocked to it and paid the premium for convenience without even thinking twice and piracy decreased.

I think the analogy here holds, people are lazy, we have a service and UX problem with these tools right now, so convenience beats quality and control for the average Joe.

	▲	grogenaut 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Lazy is a bit pejorative. Other than the people that hang out here, most people don't want to write software, they want to make problems go away and things happen and make their lives easier and more fun. we can magically have the ai do things for us now... for most people that's perfect. it opens programming up to others but do they care how it happens? does your ceo care what programming language or library you use (if they do do you want to work there)?

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simonw 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'd have to setup a new VPS, which is fiddly to do from a phone. If I had a Claw that piece would be solved already.

Cron is also the perfect example of the kind of system I've been using for 20+ years where is still prefer to have an LLM configure it for me! Quick, off the top of your head what's the cron syntax for "run this at 8am and 4pm every day pacific time"?

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verdverm 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I took the "running 24/7” to imply less AI writes code once and more to imply AI is available all the time for ad hoc requests. I tried to adjust back to the median with my third question.

I find the idea of programming from my phone unappealing, do you ever put work down? Or do you have to be always on now, being a thought leader / influencer?

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simonw 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I do most of my programming from my phone now. I love it. I get to spend more time out in the world and not chained to my laptop. I can work in the garden with the chickens, or take the dog on a walk, or use public transport time productively while going to fun places.

It's actually the writing of content for my blog that chains me to the laptop, because I won't let AI write for me. I do get a lot of drafts and the occasional short post written in Apple Notes though.

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polishdude20 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What's your workflow?

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verdverm 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Going from ten finger typing to thumb only or voice has never panned out for me. Any tips?

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ProgrammerMatt 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I always want to know what the hell it is these people claim to be working on lmao.

But seems like this guy is the real deal based on his post history

	▲	verdverm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Simon has a lot more smaller projects than one big project these days (afaik, so special insights), which are more conducive to this maybe? I always try to not use my phone when out and about, preferring to chat people up so we don't lose our IRL social skills. They are more interesting than whatever my phone might have to offer me in those moments.