joshwcomeau
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Software developer. Javascript and stuff.
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Comment · 1 month ago
I already held Daniel in high esteem, but I respect him so much for posting this. Couldn't agree more.
Comment · 5 months ago
I guess that depends on how you define "think". I wouldn't say that AI thinks.
I admit the analogies aren't perfect, but the analogies are mostly used to help explain the empirical stuff I’m seeing in the real world. Are you seeing something different?
Comment · 5 months ago
> Fewer developers required to achieve the same things means a lot of people are going to be unemployed
I don’t think that's a foregone conclusion. Every company I’ve worked for has had a huge list of tasks we'd do if we had more engineering resources. There's never been a shortage of worthwhile things we could do, it's always been ruthless prioritization to find the 10% of tasks that are the most important.
Look up Jevons' Paradox. This is a thing that has happened a bunch of times before.
Comment · 5 months ago
For context, this was a newsletter issue sent as part of a marketing campaign for my latest course. It was an elephant in the room in the sense that up until that point, my marketing campaign hadn't talked about AI.
This is the "view on web" link designed for people to read my emails if they don't display correctly in their email client . It’s not really intended for a broader audience.
Comment · 6 months ago
<3
Comment · 6 months ago
Oh hi HN! I'm Josh, the creator of this course.
For context, Whimsical Animations is my new course that focuses on creating beyond-the-basics animations and interactions with modern CSS, JS, SVG, and Canvas. When I launch new courses, I make a few lessons public for a few days. It’s always a bit tricky since most lessons in my course are part of a larger linear arc, and don't really make sense as standalone lessons. I tried to pick stuff that would be independently valuable, rather than it just being a demonstration of the course format / my teaching style.
You can learn more about the course on its homepage (https://whimsy.joshwcomeau.com/), since it doesn't really explain much on the Open House page.
Comment · 1 year ago
++. I find it kinda baffling that people assume that the ideal endgame is "AI makes whatever the user wants". What I want is to have interesting novel experiences crafted by talented people. I have no interest in playing a randomly-generated composite of a bunch of existing games. What would be the point?