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This is how I felt when trying to learn Elm: the program had to be correct, exactly correct, or it wouldn't work. You had to make every piece, every function, fit precisely, to define it's shape, it's exact inputs and outputs and effects ... in the end I found it very restrictive. I like the idea of loose-ness by default and adding contraints gradually (like javascript -> typescript).

The Waluigi Effect 3 years ago

are these LLMs just answering the question "if you found this text on the internet (the prompt) what would most likely follow" ?

Joyce Project 5 years ago

I like the idea but I wish it didn't do a full reload each time you click on the links - all this space on the right where it could display things

Reactivity, yes - works the same as MobX's autorun. But not derived values. You can ensure something gets updated by wrapping it in $:

``` $: value = $x + 2 ```

but you can do that somewhere else as well

``` $: { let y = 20 $value += y } ```

Makes it insanely hard to track where changes come from. You can't say "this value is _only_ updated by these changes".

You can do this with derived stores, though. But each store must be it's own, separate value - with MobX's observable you have a central object representing your entire state, each of which is made automatically reactive, and putting in a derived store is just prepending with -get-. It's much cleaner.

I connected a lot with this right until the Why Failure section. I thought he was going to admit that he had a blind spot, that thinking he was the one who needed to 'imbue (others) with (his) style of thinking' was solipsistic.

It reminds me a lot of myself. I'm always sitting with a feeling like I've got some special perspective, that I'm the only one trying to 'figure it all out' and I'm always on the verge to, and when I do it will be incredible. And as I get older at the heart of it I feel something much sadder - a fear and a loneliness. An inability to engage and stand my ground with the people around me. Though that could be just me.

It's the Internet - remember that remarkable decentralized network for informational retrieval developed by ARPA in the 70s ? It's going to change the world !

It's always on. Anyone from anywhere can interact with what you create instantly. What else is like that ?

What about time and money ? Most people need jobs to pay the rent. But some have cash from a wealthy family. It makes such a big difference but nobody talks about it, which makes those who are trying to do it with no money and on evenings and weekends feel like they're just not trying hard enough.