@garrytan: GSkills anyone?
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A hot take suggesting that 99% of software can be built with the same finite set of elements, and repeatedly building from scratch is 'peak AI psychosis'.
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GSkills anyone?
brett goldstein (@thatguybg): my hot take is that 99% of software can be built with the same set of finite elements
spending time/tokens building any of this from scratch over and over again is peak AI psychosis
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