Farran
Yo hi! I usually post things about linguistics, science, biology, environmental science, health, and recently, some stuff on numbers. I'm an advocate for freedom of communication
I'm a bunch of things but I mainly focus on environmental science, training people into becoming scientists, and an array of aspects about communication. A strong future for humanity and life depends on good community and good communication. I accidentally became a linguist, and I've made a few alphabets, my latest one is called NewEng and it does a good job of encapsulating both English pronunciation & its accents, and English etymology.
Innovation still has to come from a deep well of experience, which is comprised not just of knowledge, but also of pain, frustration, and nights spent awake imagining possible futures.
When I look at the hype surrounding LLM-assisted coding, I don’t see people writing ground-breaking new products. I see clones of clones: derivative, unoriginal, average work. But the hard parts are still there. So you cloned Slack — now execute on a go-to-market strategy. We’ve always felt the draw to work on easy tasks and busywork instead of the important stuff. LLMs juice that impulse, making it almost impossible to resist. I can build 10 complex projects in a month! Who cares if no one uses them and I have no intention of marketing, supporting, or maintaining them?