ryanolsonx
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UI Architect with a passion for creating great user experiences. Also, emacs and vim are cool.
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Comment · 4 months ago
How do you use it in relation to claude?
Comment · 5 months ago
I’ve felt burnt out- it’s pretty exhausting reviewing and testing code all day
Comment · 5 months ago
Idk what car you have but mine can drive right away, just like Zed.
Comment · 5 months ago
Two things to consider:
- When reading generated code, which programming language would be the most readable to you?
- Which programming language guides AI to write correct code using language features or guardrails?
There you will find your answer.
Comment · 11 months ago
OMG
Comment · 1 year ago
It’s funny, when I was younger, it was all about MSN messenger, MySpace (esp the music player on there), and forums. That’s the old web I remember from before. No personal blogs, really. (Again I’m not old enough to remember before that)
Comment · 2 years ago
You should read the whole article… (or even better, watch the UtahJs talk )
Comment · 2 years ago
I’m on board
Comment · 2 years ago
I can see your point. Thanks.
Comment · 2 years ago
If you've never seen anyone work with syntax highlighting off, there are some YouTube videos that inspired me to try coding with syntax highlighting off:
1. "Hacking with Andrew and Brad" - Andrew Gerrand (previously on the Go core team) uses Vim without syntax highlighting.[0]
2. "Advanced Embed With Go Generate - Andy Walker" -- this guy uses bold/italics/few colors in his editor. Interesting visual on how you can use font to show different aspects of the code.[1][2]
3. "Visual Studio Code, No Syntax Coloring, Go Fonts" [3]
4. "stb programming FAQ" - Sean Barrett answers why he uses VC6 and why his syntax highlighting is so minimal.[4]
[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZ-JorHJEY [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnWpuoWzEj0 [2]: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/loLLjjRBK-k [3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgc1045AsMA [4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BYKiOHdCNg
Comment · 2 years ago
Why do you hate autoindent? Have you seen issues with autoindent while developing? Vim `set autoindent` works well when configured with how you do tabs for a given language (ie `set sw=2 sts=2` for JavaScript)
Comment · 2 years ago
For VS Code users, I have a collection of themes without syntax highlighting https://vscodethemes.com/e/ryanolsonx.distilled/fogbell?lang.... Some are rough around the edges, but right now I'm using my port of Fogbell and enjoying it.
Comment · 2 years ago
I love coding with syntax highlighting off. The signal from linters or other code analyzers ends up jumping out more when other things aren't highlighted.
Comment · 2 years ago
As a staff engineer that reads a lot of code, I go without syntax highlighting. Things are just fine.
Comment · 3 years ago
How does this compare with Conduit? [1]