I kind of expected this to happen: Coding will become an "artisanal craft" - much like woodworking for example. Sure for most of your furniture you can just go to ikea but every now and then you might get joy from making something with your own hands.
Well, if the point is to have something that works well and follows the standard, he shouldn't have done anything at all and just use what was already made.
well, if we go by the title then I would expect that he's writing the code on a piece of paper and not typing into a computer - heh
But, okay, that could make a valid excuse.
But, what you cannot excuse yourself for, is that you don't really add any functionality. In fact, you don't reproduce all the functionality let alone adding more.
It's when I wrote some code at work. I couldn't easily complete the task. Each day I go to work and write even more code. The task is far from complete. I have written hundreds of thousands of code so far.
I seem to be closing in the completing the task nowadays, though.
I kind of expected this to happen: Coding will become an "artisanal craft" - much like woodworking for example. Sure for most of your furniture you can just go to ikea but every now and then you might get joy from making something with your own hands.
I discovered his videos a few days ago. I imagine the "algorithm" pushed those into a lot of HN users' feeds.
Just this morning, I was wondering if it would make sense to share it on HN. And here it it on the front page. What a small world.
I just looked at the first example / utility he implemented; which was 'touch'
Will this actually update the 'last modified' date for an already existing file?
Also, there's a standard way of processing command line arguments on Linux/Unix, which is not being followed here.
No it will *replace* or create the files "touched" by an empty file.
Major bug in the first command.
Technically, yes, it updates the last modified date, by actually emptying the file. He should have use "w+" or "a" instead of "w".
PS: I like this guy.
Should have used AI
Well, if the point is to have something that works well and follows the standard, he shouldn't have done anything at all and just use what was already made.
w+ truncates
to be fair the title didn't promise it would be done well
well, if we go by the title then I would expect that he's writing the code on a piece of paper and not typing into a computer - heh
But, okay, that could make a valid excuse.
But, what you cannot excuse yourself for, is that you don't really add any functionality. In fact, you don't reproduce all the functionality let alone adding more.
But it's no AI, it's organic, hand woven, the toil and pain of really putting it down by hand... or something of the sort.
Primitive technology, modern look
True slop ?
The true ultimate expression of the human condition.
sometimes, I really miss coding by hand
What is stopping you?
Probably "I miss coding by hand and being paid for that".
Might be a 9-5 coder.
What's wrong with being a 9-5 coder?
It's when I wrote some code at work. I couldn't easily complete the task. Each day I go to work and write even more code. The task is far from complete. I have written hundreds of thousands of code so far.
I seem to be closing in the completing the task nowadays, though.
It has been 5 years so far.