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book I just read the book Blood Meridian. It’s said to be one of the greatest American novels. The book, or the Judge in it, makes the point that: “war is god, war was there before men ever were, waiting” In it, war is something eternal and fundamental, a force, an entity on its own. The book is imposing, deep, and forceful. Ideas, or open wounds where ideas would be, will occupy my thoughts for quite a few more nights. But I have objections to this basic premise. ...

This is somewhat of a thought experiment, thinking is still free, so let’s indulge. thinkpad 2009, I bought a refurbished ThinkPad, installed Xubuntu, and started coding. No permission was needed, no subscription. No gatekeeper, and no middleman taking its toll, between me and the future me. Just idea, code editor, music in my ears and off I went towards a brighter future - a product market fit, or a learning experience. ...

genie I’ve been working on Rye since 2018. It’s a project of joy — but also because I believe there is a potential to create something of value to others, eventually. Even people living under a rock know we’ve entered the age of LLMs. I don’t jump to ships too soon, but eventually, even I had to admit: code can get generated from prompts. And in many situations — with a smart prompter — the results are quite OK. ...