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Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

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Re: Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

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post #30

I don't understand. Even if this post is long and has some repetitive parts, isn't it still written by a human? There are way too many comments acting like everything is bad just because one animation widget was made with AI. I actually like this post. It looks good, the explanations are clear, and the AI-generated animation widget actually helps me understand things. What's the problem exactly? Is using AI for visua…

I agree.

As someone who spends their own time developing open-educational resources (OER), I was extremely limited in what I could do pre-AI. Now, AI has supercharged my ability to elevate my work in ways I could have never done before, particularly in visualizations, interactive widgets, and even images (often SVG for me), all of which are necessary components to the resources I've been developing online since 2020 (COVID-era).

Given that my programming abilities are very limited as well as my time, AI has allowed me to develop the missing pieces to much of what I was creating. When used properly (as an expert in a field using AI as a tool), the end product can be completely transformed and elevated in ways that could never have been. I am so thankful that AI came along just at the right time for me to do the things I could have never accomplished before.

Re: Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

#43
Weird comments on this. I found the writing to be excellent. The animations are a bit small and associated text even smaller on mobile but this doesn't read as AI slop to me at all. Anything that makes technology more accessible and understandable is a win in my book so kudos for doing it.

Re: Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

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i hope this was vibe coded, because I'd hate to think that tiny dark-gray text on a black background was a conscious choice

The text is also pretty clearly AI-generated. I guess there's now a market for "I asked an LLM so that you don't have to", but the funny thing is that it's such a wall of text that no one upvoting it will have actually read it. So it's vibe-writing, vibe-coding, and vibe-reading. Full end-to-end synergy.

I wonder whether mathematicians got the same reaction when calculators appeared: "You didn't compute every step by hand, so the result doesn't count."

Re: Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

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post #20

i hope this was vibe coded, because I'd hate to think that tiny dark-gray text on a black background was a conscious choice

Hi, author here. I didn't vibe code this and have put considerable amount of effort in explaining the ideas. I have used Claude for review and help with visuals. My aim was just to help others understand these concepts easily. Thanks for your feedback, i'll improve the design and reading experience.

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Re: Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

#47
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, author here. Sorry, you felt that way. I did put lot of effort in communicating my understanding, and used Claude only for review and visualizations.

Oh come on. Just seven days before this 60-page essay, you apparently cranked out another 40-page one: https://fazamhd.com/mental-models/software/ That's 100+ pages of in-depth technical writing in a matter of days. Amazing, really amazing. Also, not something that a human can do. And FWIW, Pangram classifies vast swathes of "your" article as entirely AI-generated. Yes, I know the tool is not perfect, but between you…

Case closed.

Re: Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

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I know the guidelines make this a faux pas but I’m just here to say that was a great read. Very informative, well structured and compelling story of how we have networks and how they work.

To those saying it’s the work of an LLM: if it is I don’t care. It’s good.

Re: Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

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post #48

I know the guidelines make this a faux pas but I’m just here to say that was a great read. Very informative, well structured and compelling story of how we have networks and how they work. To those saying it’s the work of an LLM: if it is I don’t care. It’s good.

That first animation should include the servers hosting the messaging platform. Or use a peer to peer application for that example.

Re: Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

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- added to my list of stier blogs

- for a blog to qualify as stier, it must animations and visualizations to explain the idea in a way that even a 5 yr old can understand

- a tier is information heavy like authentic guides from betterstack

- everything else goes below b tier

- one day i ll share my list of 10000 blogs on hackernews, it ll blow the people s mind as i have been doing this for a while now

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