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Presentation in what medium? A screen reader? You’re talking the user-agent stylesheet, which is a particular chosen presentation that I can change with my own CSS. I can make a bu…

> Buttons regularly perform navigations. Clicking a logout button navigates the current page to a logged-out one; clicking a “search” button navigates the current page to the query…

All those .BAS files were an education.

I did the same in QBasic (and Tandy Color Basic)! I feel like the old Choose Your Own Adventure books were a sort of precursor to programming for a lot of us. Basic if/then/goto.

For me the spark is reinvigorated. I can try ideas before I didn’t have the time for, prototype and test and only pursue what proves to be worth the time.

Same. This was true for so many of us. An open source education.

There’s a marked difference in quality depending on context, usage of sub-agents, initial specs, and model-wise a big difference from what Opus would produce and Fable. I’m not say…

Funny I made some very similar points awhile back in a blog post, thinking of it in terms of mode collapse: https://tonyalicea.dev/blog/single-mode-burnout/

Thank you! I tried to add just a little snazz without changing the core.

I've made two updates: the wind and round text should be more legible with a slightly transparent background under it. The camera is less whiplash-y and pauses for a moment after t…

I understand, I'm not going for accuracy, just suggestion. For someone like you it won't feel right, I totally get it.

Nope, haven't changed it! I think it's an aesthetic preference thing.

I think the first one for me was The Oregon Trail followed shortly by QBasic Gorillas and Nibbles. It was my first step in coding beyond Turtle Graphics on an Apple from even earli…

Code-wise, mostly LLM. I gave it the original QBasic source code so that's not mine either. This experiment was a guidance experiment for me with Fable. Heavy spec and planning arc…

Yes! Fun things that either you’d never have taken the time to build otherwise, or recreations of things that you know well. Things where you know how they’re supposed to make you …

I did let the LLM handle the mouse and touch aiming for v1. That’s an experiment as I prefer typing in the boxes or using arrow keys. I think it needs tweaking to let you hone in a…

Fair. This is a direct port in some areas of the 1991 game, which strategically was more try something then dial it in. I’ll ponder. It’s almost arcade vs simulation in some ways. …

I hadn’t seen the other one! I grew up with this as well. I like the camera grace window idea. I’ve been pondering how to handle the post-hit zoom in. Good call on the wind text. I…

I've found the most engaging way to practice techniques for AI-assisted development and test models is to build fun side projects in vanilla JS. I spent many hours playing (and stu…

I don't think this is equivalent. The calculator won't occasionally hallucinate a wrong answer. LLMs are a far leakier abstraction which means skill atrophy impacts evaluation and …

> It would be inconvenient if maintainability still mattered because their products default to making it worse. I think this is the most important line from this piece. Incentives …

We’re going to disagree about the quality of LLM learning experiences. As an educator I’ve used them a lot for myself and in teaching others. Good for one-off topics if you check f…

> We actually work hard to make sure a child knows they aren't talking to something real - that they're talking to a computer program. The problem is not talking to a computer prog…

You were skeptical that LLMs would hallucinate on topics for children and you said it was common sense. But now you’re saying the common sense is that they will hallucinate.