Working Notes: a commonplace notebook for recording & exploring ideas.
Home. Site Map. Subscribe. More at expLog.
type:: #StrangeLoop2023
some things that feel like they should be easy and can take a long time to do some systems are complex, and the same problems repeat / redundant
wizard zines
bash
||
disables set -etrick: use linters trick: share terrible things that computers have done
http
trick: share references
sql
trick: tell the story chronologically
hello world
dns
float.exposed
trick: look for the hidden complexity (code, computers) trick: eraser eyes -- show what you focus on trick: demo a confusing tool
share your knowledge
Write my book on programming and share it
Generally: across Rush's talk, this talk, and everything else the abstractions are bad the tools are bad we could do a much better job at abstracting this Linter is an example, but LLMs may help bridge this gap
— Kunal