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Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by ori_b » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC

jedberg wrote: post #70

msingh_5 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don’t need to build an app. You can use the built in Shortcuts app. create a shortcut that turns off all alarms. Can have it read your calendar or whatever as signal to determine if alarms should be on/off for a certain day/time and have it run at a regular schedule.

I could, but what's the fun in that!? (But in seriousness, I hadn't considered using shortcuts. It's not clear it's extensible enough to do exactly what I want, but I'll look into it)

Where's the fun in purchasing an app from Anthropic?

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by hansmayer » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC

isjdkwjdown wrote: post #49

quietbritishjim wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is the first time I've seen someone refer to an LLM as "he" rather than "it". No judgement, but I definitely found it interesting (and disconcerting).

> No judgment Yes judgment. Loads of it. Judge away. This is just bizarre. Do not refer to this product of marketing-technology as you refer to a person. EVER.

The article itself is also probably an attempt at marketing the LLMs too. They are now quite desperate. Expect to see a flood of such "independent" articles over the next 12 mo ths.

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by aokdi » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC

Yes, you can revive it into worthless slop. Learning next to nothing for yourself and achieving a hollow sense of satisfaction at best.

Maybe even shamelessly post it as a Show HN along with the other 99% of worthless slop submissions there.

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by ogig » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC

hansmayer wrote: post #76

ogig wrote: post #7

My most abandoned type of projects are video games. I have a folder with tens of abandoned projects, I re-frame them as experiments at that point. This last week I decided to give Claude a go at one of these, and it's been a blast, it picked up the general path immediately. Since I said to CC they were abandon projects, he explicitly pushed into "lets have V0 game play loop finished, then we can compound and have fun…

> he explicitly pushed into "lets have V0 game play loop finished, > he even helped me build the lore. These have been one of the most fun times using a computer in a long time. Such a warm, touching story about a friendship between a grown up man and his neural network. But at least I had a good, roaring laugh reading this nonsense, thank you for that!

How snarky. You are conflating friendship with admiration for the effectiveness of newfound tool. If it's the "he" that triggers you, feel free to replace with "it". It's just a second-language artifact.

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by NetOpWibby » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC

In 2020 I was in the Codemirror forums trying to get help with a project that replaces React in GraphiQL for Svelte. It was too difficult for me to figure out so I shelved it. Yesterday I asked Claude to make this happen and it referenced that very thread I made.

Anyhoo, I'm working on making it pretty (it works!!) before integrating it into my opinionated GraphQL server[1].

There really is no excuse for NOT being the change you wish to see in the world anymore.

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[1]: https://code.webb.page/eol/gq.git/about

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by hansmayer » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC

thegrim33 wrote: post #80

Every time I see a story like this I like to play the game "does this person just happen to work for a company that sells AI solutions?". And yes, yes they do. Almost never will see you a story promoting AI solutions from someone that isn't directly involved in selling AI solutions.

+1 and - The title has that weird corpo media "here is why you should not quiet quit" vibe to it, doesn'it?

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by lawwantsin17 » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC

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Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by plombe » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC

quietbritishjim wrote: post #14

ogig wrote: post #7

My most abandoned type of projects are video games. I have a folder with tens of abandoned projects, I re-frame them as experiments at that point. This last week I decided to give Claude a go at one of these, and it's been a blast, it picked up the general path immediately. Since I said to CC they were abandon projects, he explicitly pushed into "lets have V0 game play loop finished, then we can compound and have fun…

I think this is the first time I've seen someone refer to an LLM as "he" rather than "it". No judgement, but I definitely found it interesting (and disconcerting).

Well Claude was named after Shannon

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by rjh29 » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC

codybloem wrote: post #56

When it comes to side projects, most of the time, if the spirit isn't willing I find it not worth doing. Process/experience over results, I call leisure. Results over process, I call work. If you have many side projects done mainly for the results, than you are working in your free time, and looking at it like that: is it really free? The modern age already requires of us more results than the spirit is good for. I l…

If you're coding for the sake of coding, maybe. If you have itches to scratch and ambitions, but can't summon the motivation or the time, then how is that "working in your free time"? A project that used to take up my entire weekend or vacation can now be knocked up in 15 minutes. That's the exact opposite of working.

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by rjh29 » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC

aokdi wrote: post #83

Yes, you can revive it into worthless slop. Learning next to nothing for yourself and achieving a hollow sense of satisfaction at best. Maybe even shamelessly post it as a Show HN along with the other 99% of worthless slop submissions there.

I want app X. I know how to code it but it'll take a whole weekend/vacation days. I would learn nothing. Now I can use AI to make it. What exactly am I losing here?