Re:Show HN: I automated 1/2 of my typing
by crazygringo on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @06:51PM
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> Sounds like exactly you want something that evolves after time, since how you write changes over time.
No, because I don't want the shortcuts to be changing on me. That would drive me nuts. The whole point for me would be to establish new habits and then keep them. To turn into muscle memory, not something to be thinking about.
It's like toolbars that "learn" which actions you're currently using the most, but the buttons are constantly moving around and are never where they were last week. It's an exercise in frustration.
Re:Show HN: I automated 1/2 of my typing
by esquivalience on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @06:57PM
(#37330232)
I think it's built and fixed until you decide to extend or modify it.
> However, I realize that I would never want to use something like this that would change over time.
> And the language I write changes very much over time.
Sounds like exactly you want something that evolves after time, since how you write changes over time.
An universal version would maximize the amount of helpfulness on an average for everyone, but a tool that learns from your individual actions, can be much better improvement for you. And by making the tool available to everyone, more people could get bigger benefits from it, rather than just "average" benefits.