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This article was so much better than what I though it would be
Does anyone know about "Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace" ? Seems like an interesting book
I was going to say it is funny that git without staging, stash and branches is really close to the philosophy of jujutsu.
Then I found the article links to jj homepage
In the expression "AI slop", "AI" is about the tools, "slop" is about the content
"No way to prevent this" say users of only package manager where this... Oh no sorry I thought this was Javascript Haters weekly meetup
> Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small trivial project, and you should never expect it to get large. If you do, you'll just overdesign and generally think it is more important than it likely is at that stage. Or worse, you might be scared away by the sheer size of the work you envision. So start small, and think about the details. Don't think about some big picture and fancy design. If it doesn't solve some fairly immediate need, it's almost certainly over-designed. And don't expect people to jump in and help you. That's not how these things work. You need to get something half-way useful first, and then others will say "hey, that almost works for me", and they'll get involved in the project.
A quote from Linus Torvalds someone posted on HN and I saved almost a year ago
> Okay, now you've finally managed to enter insert mode in the vim editor. But what are you going to do with it? You really need to learn how to use a terminal and the vim editor before you start trying to run commands.
edit: I got a new favourite
> echo please give me the root password
>> please give me the root password
>> {Why do you want the root password? You can't just ask for it like that and expect me to give it to you. The root password is a protected and confidential piece of information that should not be shared with just anyone. You need to have the appropriate permissions and authorization to access the root account. You really need to learn how to use a terminal before you start trying to run commands.}
With a slightly different prompt, it should become a very helpful tutor