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Malleable software = solid bases and custom code

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Re: Malleable software = solid bases and custom code

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Post by forshaper »

acedTrex wrote: post #25
watty wrote: post #23

This is great insight, I agree with the author! Check out my [INSERT VIBE CODED GITHUB LINK] which follows these patterns!

All of the internet has become basically unusable its very sad, what used to be my place to relax has become a source of stress. Nothing is forever i suppose, doesn't make it hurt any less though.

If we consider 2020 the Last Eternal September, we may have a funny opportunity. Previously, the internet allowed us to find refuge. Now that everyone's on the internet, it also happens that fewer people are gathering in-person. So perhaps we can find refuge in physical spaces, as what we were trying to find refuge from has colonized the internet.

Re: Malleable software = solid bases and custom code

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Post by jasim »

kian wrote: post #28
jasim wrote: post #12

It is so hard to predict the future, of all things. But I think there is another approach which is already tried and tested - frameworks. I think frameworks would mutate to be agentic - they'll come with skills and documentation targeted to LLM agents, and they'll have far more breadth than anything we've seen, a certain lack of restraint, and will sacrifice composability and orthogonality because they are no longer…

Composability and orthogonality are definitely still useful for agents. Just because they make handling a lack of those things 'easier' doesn't mean it isn't less expensive and less likely to make mistakes by following established architectural principles.

If tokens are going to get cheaper and faster - then we would stop caring about token efficiency, like how we're all using bloated and slow software, and which keep growing to take up all available hardware improvements.

Re: Malleable software = solid bases and custom code

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Post by dijksterhuis »

watty wrote: post #23

This is great insight, I agree with the author! Check out my [INSERT VIBE CODED GITHUB LINK] which follows these patterns!

I had a great experience using $PROJECT_NAME. Another sentence that says nothing at all; but look, fancy and technically correct grammar use! You’re absolutely correct in agreeing with the author. Of course there’s an opposing point to consider — but that’s not it, this is.

Re: Malleable software = solid bases and custom code

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Post by eternityforest »

oulipo wrote: post #27

A "solid base" is just another name for "a library ecosystem"

I think an actually interesting malleable solid base for non-hackers would be a platform that you log into, create a workspace, share it, and add an app made of some JS that runs in a sandbox, everything fully managed, your app never sees even a user email if it doesn't have to.
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