Nostr notes by semisol

gm there is a high correlation between using claude and using the ...

2026-10-27T10:02:57Z

gm

there is a high correlation between using claude and using the word “shape”

and an inverse correlation of using the proper terms “pattern”, “schema”, “type” or “behavior”

AI is making language stupid

Nope this is directly warranty

2026-10-26T19:52:18Z

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Nope this is directly warranty

That is still a cloud coordinator. You can use the underlying ...

2026-10-26T17:39:01Z

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That is still a cloud coordinator. You can use the underlying software Nebula yourself

🐈

2026-10-26T17:03:33Z

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I will have to check what protocol it uses. But if not supported, ...

2026-10-26T17:03:13Z

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I will have to check what protocol it uses. But if not supported, will add

😑

2026-10-26T17:02:52Z

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😑

gm

2026-10-26T17:02:33Z

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gm

GM

2026-10-26T17:02:29Z

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GM

gm

2026-10-26T17:02:24Z

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gm

good morning as well

2026-10-26T17:02:20Z

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good morning as well

Maybe

2026-10-26T17:02:12Z

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Maybe

good morning

2026-10-26T17:02:07Z

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good morning

Yes but it doesn’t look like morning 🖕☁️

2026-10-26T17:01:55Z

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Yes but it doesn’t look like morning
🖕☁️

Wireguard

2026-10-26T17:01:12Z

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Wireguard

Everyone says this until it happens. Not to mention, they could ...

2026-10-26T14:20:56Z

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Everyone says this until it happens. Not to mention, they could be hacked even if they have good intentions

Tailscale always felt weird to me because their control panel ...

2026-10-26T14:18:28Z

Tailscale always felt weird to me because their control panel could always decide to add a malicious node to my network and do whatever.

Same with the SSH access. Like, why?!

This is referring to the 21K NFTs that the Nostrich app wants to ...

2026-10-26T14:17:38Z

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This is referring to the 21K NFTs that the Nostrich app wants to offer

You should run AI in a sandbox and assume everything will leak ...

2026-10-26T14:17:15Z

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You should run AI in a sandbox and assume everything will leak even if you use local AI (the agent could randomly decide to upload your data somewhere or prompt injection)

Private usage of AI is hard

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2026-10-26T13:15:25Z

🤔 good morning I guess

“Spoofing” DKIM is not possible. It means their email ...

2026-10-26T04:08:13Z

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“Spoofing” DKIM is not possible. It means their email provider got hacked, either by their own fault or a 3rd party.

It is e-signatures for email basically

It appears many people are trying to reinvent Nostr.land, but ...

2026-10-26T03:42:25Z

It appears many people are trying to reinvent Nostr.land, but more expensive.

We have been operating relays since 2022 :)

The problem is that the clanker is lying a shitton in ways that ...

2026-10-25T16:45:33Z

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The problem is that the clanker is lying a shitton in ways that sound plausible:

- Lottie is a standardized format. And of course, a new format won’t work for clients for a while!
=> It has the benefit that it is like SVG but animated, is much smaller than GIFs, and can be scaled up infinitely
- Of course, migrated packs are signed by someone else. Duh.
- It does not run through Telegram except for imports. Anyone can download a Lottie file or make their own and turn it into a sticker

Instead of overpaying for AI generated ostrich JPEGs, sign up for ...

2026-10-25T16:43:11Z

Instead of overpaying for AI generated ostrich JPEGs, sign up for Nostr.land

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https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-03/

2026-10-25T16:38:26Z

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https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-03/

Their sticker format is pretty good! It’s basically lottie

2026-10-25T16:28:07Z

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Their sticker format is pretty good!

It’s basically lottie

Fact check: RHXO does NOT stand for this It is a ...

2026-10-25T16:20:03Z

Fact check: RHXO does NOT stand for this

It is a single-person-led company that has existed since at least 1995, but has no demonstrable work anywhere

quoting
nevent1q…uqdp
For those who still don't know, even though it's disclosed on our website and in the App Store listings, Nostrich is operated by RHXO. It stands for Reserve Holdings Exclusively Orange, and we're a Bitcoin-native company. We're planning to pursue public quotation, subject to SEC and other applicable regulatory requirements.

We'll continue promoting decentralization, privacy, and open protocols. These are the principles behind everything we're building, and we want every Nostr user to be part of our long-term journey.

We can build a network of 3,000 active users and try to keep everyone happy, or we can bring millions of people into an open, decentralized protocol where they control their own keys, identity, and data, even if that means simplifying onboarding in ways that challenge the traditional Nostr experience. We're choosing the latter.

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2026-10-25T15:06:30Z

Good morning Nostr

I say this not because America is bad, but because they are too ...

2026-10-25T14:24:27Z

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I say this not because America is bad, but because they are too cheap to not use when your limit runs out

Use cheap chinese tokens

2026-10-25T12:43:28Z

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Use cheap chinese tokens

Hi. I apologize for the issue. This has been fixed

2026-10-25T01:17:01Z

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Hi. I apologize for the issue.

This has been fixed

There is no solution. The problem grows the more you try to fix ...

2026-10-23T23:55:33Z

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There is no solution. The problem grows the more you try to fix it, which causes more people to try to fix it, which means that it will eventually consume the entire planet like grey goo. The best way is for it to all be deleted and start over.

In trying to solve the problem, you have realized you have become ...

2026-10-23T23:53:55Z

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In trying to solve the problem, you have realized you have become the problem

ASNs or subnets

2026-10-22T19:29:02Z

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ASNs or subnets

Could you send me some samples

2026-10-22T18:55:30Z

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Could you send me some samples

And I guess under this categorization, Nostr.land is a big evil ...

2026-10-22T18:45:58Z

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And I guess under this categorization, Nostr.land is a big evil data harvester analyzing your notes to filter out spam and aggregate them so more people can see it

I don’t get how this automatically implies that Nostrich is a ...

2026-10-22T18:37:33Z

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I don’t get how this automatically implies that Nostrich is a data harvesting machine

They have patents on that topic, in general, that’s all

what kind of patterns were you seeing

2026-10-22T18:36:45Z

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what kind of patterns were you seeing

it’s not like everyone and their dog has not mined the relays ...

2026-10-22T18:11:52Z

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it’s not like everyone and their dog has not mined the relays thousands of times over collecting every event in existence including the so called secure gift wraps

Rust does not magically eliminate all vulnerabilities, and a good ...

2026-10-22T13:06:09Z

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Rust does not magically eliminate all vulnerabilities, and a good chunk of vulnerabilities are not caused by memory safety issues

(Also, the Go CVE is actually just a duplicate of the eMudhra issues)

I would not, rather things like npm and pypi. One has ...

2026-10-22T09:38:15Z

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I would not, rather things like npm and pypi. One has well-defined release procedures

I think that package managers may have been a mistake

2026-10-21T22:09:31Z

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I think that package managers may have been a mistake

It’s not really possible to prompt out the slopstyle and it ...

2026-10-21T19:50:33Z

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It’s not really possible to prompt out the slopstyle and it leaks to everything. :/

Nostr devs in their infinite wisdom continue inventing solutions ...

2026-10-21T16:30:43Z

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Nostr devs in their infinite wisdom continue inventing solutions in search of a problem…

the keys were: 4, 56, 66, 115, 155, 156, 230, 237

2026-10-21T15:29:16Z

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the keys were:
4, 56, 66, 115, 155, 156, 230, 237

CA generated private keys incorrectly

2026-10-21T15:28:02Z

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CA generated private keys incorrectly

I just wish someone made it stop sounding like a Claude distill ...

2026-10-21T14:44:15Z

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I just wish someone made it stop sounding like a Claude distill with the awful jargon, pseudointellectual behavior and such

AI will convert a single sentence into a whole email so that ...

2026-10-21T14:16:18Z

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AI will convert a single sentence into a whole email so that another AI can convert it back into 1 completely different sentence

not self-signed

2026-10-21T13:55:00Z

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not self-signed

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2026-10-21T13:51:46Z

Now you can be your own CA

🫤

2026-10-21T06:24:19Z

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🫤

Cashu is fully custodial

2026-10-19T17:35:21Z

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Cashu is fully custodial

Only Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin, moar Bitcoin, Bitcoin, ...

2026-10-19T16:56:07Z

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Only Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin, moar Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin…..

gm 💭

2026-10-19T16:17:35Z

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gm 💭

☀️

2026-10-19T16:17:26Z

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☀️

Good morning!

2026-10-19T16:17:16Z

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Good morning!

gm

2026-10-19T16:16:50Z

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gm

good morning! 👀

2026-10-19T16:16:39Z

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good morning! 👀

Gm liminal 🤔

2026-10-19T16:16:25Z

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Gm liminal 🤔

I wonder

2026-10-19T16:16:15Z

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I wonder

Good morning Nostr. 👀

2026-10-19T15:00:17Z

Good morning Nostr.

👀

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2026-10-18T16:54:26Z

Not all relay software is made equal

We focus so much on irrelevant risks, and focus so little on ...

2026-10-18T02:27:28Z

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We focus so much on irrelevant risks, and focus so little on relevant risks.

Losing your keys, phishing/scams, malware, locking yourself out. Much more likely than a $5 wrench attack, confiscation, and evil spies.

But note, I’m developing a hardware wallet.
For those that do self custody, I want to have a good solution. But I can’t see the need for anything beyond a smartcard or small USB stick with 2 buttons and a display.

I don’t think the other options have much benefit, except for show-off. Which the market unfortunately wants…

Bitcoiners spend too much time and money talking about self custody and doing a pissing contest of which setup is better, I wonder if it was worth it at all

Also, seedless is likely much better for normies. Advanced users can have it, but it’s not the way for normies that decide to go this route

Worse than self custody however, is spending $300 on a Q or some ...

2026-10-18T02:18:36Z

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Worse than self custody however, is spending $300 on a Q or some other shitty overpriced overdesigned hww times 3 to protect $20k. Maybe do something nice with your $900 instead of burning it all on an overpriced overcomplicated setup

You’re protecting $20k against what exactly? “Oh but bitcoin will be $1M” do it when it actually is

If there was something somewhat better than an exchange, then that would be amazing:
1. Doesn’t have much business except to hold coins at a fixed % rate per year
2. More “security hardened” with 24h delay + phishing-resistant passkeys and no SMS 2FA

I don’t see reasons for self custody for the average normie. If you can get used to it, then it is a good choice for some cases, but it has its risks

It’s not a solution for the majority of people.

2026-10-18T02:09:02Z

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It’s not a solution for the majority of people.

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2026-10-17T22:28:35Z

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2026-10-17T21:34:07Z

👀

I run my LN node for convenience. The convenience being I can do ...

2026-10-17T21:26:20Z

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I run my LN node for convenience. The convenience being I can do all sorts of weird things with it.

Many things in Bitcoin are not suited for the average person and have little benefit for them

What are the problems

2026-10-17T18:09:42Z

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What are the problems

Any sufficiently deep AI prompter’s setup contains an ad hoc, ...

2026-10-17T18:08:34Z

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Any sufficiently deep AI prompter’s setup contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, and slow implementation of half of a modern programming language, labeled as “specs”

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2026-10-17T17:23:50Z

🔶 M

Please stop calling it the blake2b fork and call it BLV (Bitcoin ...

2026-10-17T15:00:02Z

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Please stop calling it the blake2b fork and call it BLV (Bitcoin Luke’s Vision) instead as it is an insult to the hash function

The heat death of the universe

2026-10-16T15:20:50Z

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The heat death of the universe

Nostr DMs: so secure even you can’t read them

2026-10-16T13:17:43Z

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Nostr DMs: so secure even you can’t read them

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2026-10-16T13:02:54Z

Good morning Nostr

It is a good way to check if a solution that is better exists. ...

2026-10-15T22:10:41Z

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It is a good way to check if a solution that is better exists. But it isn’t very good at inventing new ones.

I was wondering if it was that one, though I just did a search ...

2026-10-15T18:35:21Z

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I was wondering if it was that one, though I just did a search for it in general

Also the note ref is corrupted

I could easily find a description of this method before you ...

2026-10-15T18:34:51Z

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I could easily find a description of this method before you replied:

https://github.com/DavidPal/discrete-distribution/blob/master/doc/algorithm.tex

Again, AI is mostly useful as a search engine compared to inventing new solutions.

which one, exactly?

2026-10-15T18:30:23Z

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which one, exactly?

It’s the exact opposite for me. It’s mostly a regurgitation ...

2026-10-15T17:46:16Z

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It’s the exact opposite for me.

It’s mostly a regurgitation of already well-known designs, and rarely does it ever come up with something “new”. For the rare few times it “does”, it’s just my own input echoed back at me…

The world’s most expensive rubber duck, now with idea-stealing as a feature

The problem with these models, in general, is that they are ...

2026-10-15T17:34:59Z

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The problem with these models, in general, is that they are reward-maximizing.

They have no real intelligence, capability to engineer, or creativity to speak of.

This makes them great for verifiable tasks where you can get away with “guided brute force”, but for anything else it ends up being not very good.

I think the recent RL on “one-shotting apps” may have also made them worse at anything that isn’t one-shotting apps

Why use automatic routing? There are a lot of factors like prompt ...

2026-10-15T17:27:14Z

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Why use automatic routing? There are a lot of factors like prompt caching and such.

(Please look up what I’m referencing :)

2026-10-15T17:26:20Z

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(Please look up what I’m referencing :)

Nostr.land fixes this

2026-10-15T17:19:42Z

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Nostr.land fixes this

you’re holding it wrong

2026-10-15T17:13:16Z

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you’re holding it wrong

Yes

2026-10-15T17:12:39Z

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Yes

I can say that 99% of the things I do with a CLI on openSUSE ...

2026-10-15T12:04:16Z

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I can say that 99% of the things I do with a CLI on openSUSE (package installation) now can be done with a GUI as well.

Otherwise it’s mostly set and forget

Linux kernel overreports vulns, though

2026-10-14T23:28:04Z

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Linux kernel overreports vulns, though

What a terrible day to have eyes

2026-10-14T20:26:52Z

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What a terrible day to have eyes

Good day Nostriches 🤐

2026-10-14T20:25:03Z

Good day Nostriches

🤐

I really hate the hype around these “system one” models. ...

2026-10-14T02:28:32Z

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I really hate the hype around these “system one” models. There is nothing innovative.

It’s just a promptable classifier. And the implementation is basically crappy logprobs.

Anyway, I was mostly referring to programs that generate programs rather than AI/ML

what instead baffles me is that we do not have enough ...

2026-10-14T00:37:50Z

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what instead baffles me is that we do not have enough nail-hammering machines

these are more reliable than the LLM, have to be proven correct once, and can help *any* workflow

I feel like in software development, code generation, and abstractions are nowhere close to being decently exploited. and that is very disappointing!

though, software is much different than buildings at the same time. the blueprint *is* the building, and you’d mostly be outsourcing the design of individual components

This is a heuristic

2026-10-13T23:09:09Z

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This is a heuristic

AI is more “outsource it to 3rd world country” rather than ...

2026-10-13T23:03:14Z

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AI is more “outsource it to 3rd world country” rather than “competent programmer”. It’s the exact same.

You can do all the tests and adversarial reviews and loops and subagents you want in the world, but any non-trivial property of software is uncomputable.

Using AI in some cases is also outright deception of your users. ...

2026-10-13T22:56:08Z

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Using AI in some cases is also outright deception of your users. Think an architect rubber-stamping designs.

Then, why do people trust you and use your product?

Forgot 5 (implied by 4): Not innovative —— The best code is ...

2026-10-13T22:52:08Z

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Forgot 5 (implied by 4): Not innovative

——

The best code is the code you write, and then delete. As with science, negative results are often more important than the positive ones.

If your goal is to research the market by burning user trust, shutting down features constantly, and providing a subpar experience. AI assisted coding is for you!

——

Also: using AI as a heuristic is not bad. It can give you junk, and it should not replace your own information, but it can help you prioritize/reach the result faster depending on the use case.

The only components where I keep AI code is where all of the ...

2026-10-13T22:48:25Z

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The only components where I keep AI code is where all of the following apply
1. the gains of writing it myself is not worth the cost
2. it is self-contained and can be replaced
3. it is not my product
4. it is hard to get wrong

If implementation is not the product, what is? [I had a huge wall ...

2026-10-13T22:44:08Z

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If implementation is not the product, what is?

[I had a huge wall of text here but deleted it] TL;DR Software is selling knowledge and is similar to science. Your code is a 1:1 representation of that knowledge.
And you learn from building software

With AI you slow yourself down by attempt to interpret incoherent, reward-maximizing slop. You don’t learn from your mistakes, or what works, and you are doomed to reinvent the wheel every time.

I use it for some things, but it is not a main part of my development flow. Prevention rather than remediation pays off big

If your goal is just to ship a shitty MVP to see if anyone will buy it, then sure, use AI. But this is the YC startup mindset, and is not what I consider serious software.

AI does not eliminate the problem that the maintenance effort for ...

2026-10-13T17:24:22Z

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AI does not eliminate the problem that the maintenance effort for a codebase scales superlinearly compared to its size

You can either have less code and higher quality, or more code and lower quality

in exchange you get horendous spaghetti code

2026-10-13T16:16:11Z

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in exchange you get horendous spaghetti code

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2026-10-12T22:26:10Z

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