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1. vdombr · 1790714818 · focus · HN ↗

   It's been almost half a year since we got powerful enough models, and I'm wondering, where are all those great things that were created with them? Maybe it's just me, but nothing has changed in my life so far. No improvements, but definitely, I need to be more careful when reading, listening, watching, and using things, as bad quality slowly creeps everywhere.

   1. Gud · 1790715323 · focus · HN ↗

      I just invented a simple upgrade script for my father's ancient Fedora install. I've gone from version 33 to the latest(44) with a simple utility I one shot in 5 minutes.

      Since Fedora moves old releases to some mirror it's a nightmare to update old installs.

      Now I did it very conveniently. Did I build a space ship with the help of ChatGPT? No. Is it useful to me? Yes.

      I'm doing many much cooler things that I haven't released yet but I am launching projects I never dreamed I could do as a solo dev in 2-3 months.

      1. vdombr · 1790715923 · focus · HN ↗

         I did some projects, but there are some things that I don't like. For example, when I wrote a program for my old ThinkPad, I didn't only create a useful utility for myself, but also learned and practiced Qt/C++. Now, I don't learn anything new, nor do I practice my skills when I "create" something. Maybe, the things I'm learning are how to prompt LLMs, add necessary skill files, and so on.

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