mattw1

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   by mattw1 4mo ago

   I read a bunch of Claude-Code-generated code last week and I was pretty impressed. It followed the established service class paradigm almost as exactly as we'd originally intended. The code was mostly very clean and had copious comment
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   by mattw1 10mo ago

   Nope. They are pretty much all equivalent. Browsers render HTML. This is a quite-solved-problem. Is there a scenario that can't be handled by the tools we've had for years? The web just doesnt require another paradigm. There is w
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   by mattw1 10mo ago

   Dear front end devs Please chill w making new languages and frameworks that re-solve solved problems. The internet is working fine as it is. Warmest regards, Matt
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   by mattw1 1y ago

   That makes sense, and there's definitely an element of truth to that position. The trouble is, the response is to dissociate with the technology, which is really not a tenable position if you intend to have a meaningful part in like...
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   by mattw1 1y ago

   I have experienced this too. It's definitely part of the religion but I'm not sure why tbh. Maybe they equate it with like tech is bad mkay, which, looking at who leads a lot of the tech companies, is somewhat understandable, alth
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   by mattw1 1y ago

   In all seriousness tho, not much of anything he says is taken seriously in an academic sense any more. Univeral Grammar, Minimalism, etc. He's a very petty dude. The reason he doesn't engage with GPT is because it suggests that li