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kamens
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About kamens
Bootstrapped family biz: elbobooks.com
Spring Science founder / CEO (now part of Genentech)
Khan Academy founding engineer / VP eng
Fog Creek early engineer / VP eng
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Comment #49163294
I used to do this and called it "Coding with AI the Hard Way" in a nod to Zed Shaw: https://kamens.com/blog/code-with-ai-the-hard-way I no longer do and blogged my updates for fear…
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Comment #48339405
Same situation here. Dropping to 4.7 for now.
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Comment #47798464
this is beautiful
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Comment #47508516
I love this. It needs to exist because it's fun.
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Comment #47305308
Personalized educational activity (real, physical) books: https://elbobooks.com ^^ project with my daughter Parallel agents debate your ideas/work: https://murderboards.ai ^^ solo …
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Comment #47058644
You, Thomas, Watsi, and crew have been an inspiration for a long time. I loved getting to know you all back in the day, and I've loved being a small donor since the early days. Dee…
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Comment #46762958
i'm torn between my stupidity re:your first comment and my love of eliminating pinch points (now you're speaking my language). i need to read up a lot to better understand your sug…
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Comment #46762946
thank you! we've generated ~600 crazy unique mazes for kids so far, kinda want to make a gallery
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Comment #46746572
The main difference between the above tool and most custom shaped maze generators out there is breaking the assumption that the maze's outer shape must be defined by adding or remo…
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Comment #46746545
I used Jamis' book extensively to build this AI tool for generating custom mazes of any shape! https://kamens.com/blog/generating-custom-mazes-with-ai
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Comment #46624457
https://kamens.com
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Comment #46614236
Same question to you: did you read his blog and arguments in detail?
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Comment #46614232
Further, he didn't just make multiple contrarian predictions in the hope he'd be credited -- he had a way of making predictions in ways that could be interpreted multiple ways late…
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Comment #46614215
I agree with you trymas! I myself spent time cataloguing a number of his predictions that did not come true. I am still asking a specific question: for the prediction of Trump's ri…
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Comment #46610166
Genuine question: did you read his blog and arguments in detail?
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Comment #46604947
The minimum recognition Scott Adams deserves should be having updated the world model of those who read his blog. It is hard to remember how thoroughly Trump's presidential run was…
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Comment #46590997
I agree. There’s another guy (in the quote tweet) here who’s pushed on Where’s Waldo stuff, but like you I think it’s currently stuck at the “deformed bodies/faces” issue: https://…
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Comment #44871010
You just reminded me about my math teacher letting us use programs on our TI-83 to cheat on the test if we could type the programs in ourselves. Definitely worked
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Comment #44859096
The hard way solves this for me / I still get to vibe as much as I want: https://kamens.com/blog/code-with-ai-the-hard-way
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Comment #44649118
I love this TODO approach not just for what it does for future readers as Sophie notes but also for the mental release it gives me when thinking about edge cases that I don't want …
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Comment #44445765
Personally, I follow the simple rule: "I type every single character myself. The AI/agent/etc offers inspiration." It's an effective balance between embracing what the tech can do …
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