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Interesting thanks. I always find code review (even of my own code) pretty difficult, and I think in this LLM coding era, I've been avoiding it as much as possible. Maybe if I lean in to it, it'll close the pleasure gap between vibe coding and "normal" or "merely AI-assisted" coding and I'll be able to get a handle on it

Sounds good but then I end up inspecting the output, restarting a session

Thank you for the actionable suggestions. I will try them both.

I think you're right that it's not that really "work" related. What's stopping me is that I don't want to give up the chance of another little "hit" from it. I suppose that mechanism is a big part of why I enjoy coding in the first place, which might explain why it's difficult to disentangle what I like about my job from the addictive nature of vibe coding.

What's your point - that I've written this post as if it's a prompt? (Probably true...)

Interesting points, thank you. To explore your idea: what if I was addicted to using C++? I don't mind using the new, high-level tool all day (be it Claude Code or C++), but it's continuing to vibe code with it for several hours AFTER the workday is OVER that is bad. To your point, I guess when one learns a more powerful programming language, there is an initial period of enthusiasm and then it might wear off and become more mundane. Maybe I just haven't reached that with Claude Code yet. It feels like Claude Code has kept improving quickly, which may have kept this workaholic binge cycle going for longer than usual. Regarding the non-code decision stuff - yes, it's definitely related. I have always been someone who researches, seeks reassurance, and wants expertise and rules to apply to my decisions, instead of making them from the gut. I suppose this "Ask HN" post is an example of that, in a way - I'm crowdsourcing solutions to a personal problem. But it feels different (and better) to seek opinions from human beings - even though they will be represented to me as text, just like "opinion-like" strings of words from Claude... when I was younger I would describe myself as addicted to online forums. So I guess the artificiality of the intelligence isn't the problem. It's just the speed and always-on connectedness - similar to the internet itself.

I'm also a Numbers fan. I actually like using Pages too. When I use Microsoft Office, I remember its power but I also find it relatively difficult to use.

I think we do have a responsibility to encode ethics into our creation

Life←{↑1 ⍵∨.∧3 4=+/,¯1 0 1∘.⊖¯1 0 1∘.⌽⊂⍵}

When I submitted the article, I used its full title "Why You Should Read This Out Loud" and HN botched the surgery.

Thanks… Do you have neat handwriting?

Thank you!

Where would you direct someone for tips on implementing Game of Life?

As an adult: - Under The Skin - especially when I read excerpts of the book

As a teenager: - Syriana - The Matrix - Fight Club - Before Sunrise

Wow. Good on them for engaging with the discussion, as imperfect as it may be…

Loved New Turing Omnibus too. It felt very exciting to program some basic genetic algorithms and even the Newton-Raphson method as a teenager

Thanks for sharing your experience! I didn’t know about that.

The biggest miscarriage of justice in British history - all caused by software error

I did the same (although some years after the acquisition) and had a similar experience, though over the years I've managed to claw back some of the friends I lost. Though it's still hard to communicate with them.

(I thought it said inveNtors, not inveStors... That would be exciting to read too)

Selfish request here.

I tried Em D Am6 Cadd9 which is a kind of stock alternative rock / indie rock jangly guitar progression. The variations thing suggested some really jazzy chords that didn't preserve the vibe.

Can you have a slider that lets me choose between that strategy and something more like THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU8HQ7O4nTc

i.e. using simple major and minor chords borrowed from "nearby" keys, so it ends up sounding more like a pop or rock song and less like jazz?

Because that's what I'm really interested in!

Logic Pro (1993)

Now it belongs to Apple but it was only acquired about 20 years ago

This cannot go on

Why did you do that?

Your body does remember things. See the book “The Body Keeps The Score”.

The author is Larry Paulson - my (and I'm sure many others' on HN) Foundations of Computer Science lecturer at Cambridge back in 2009. I wonder if I still have a little credit at the front of the lecture notes (for spotting some typo or other). It's foreboding to see him writing up his "memories" like this. Being woken up into the world of functional programming (via Moscow ML) - after learning to code as a kid in JavaScript and Visual Basic 6 - was priceless. And in a way it led to my fascination with Scala, which has made the transition to Swift much easier.

What about circumcision? Is it all about forming group bonds?

I went down from 5 days to 2 days and then up to 3 days all in the same FAANG role thanks to a doctor’s note for a chronic illness

Any chance you could share the scripts?

What’s the app?