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> Pair programming once in a while can be incredibly valuable.

> a world of stress and overstimulation

yeah so I think the thing here is that one of these is an objective outcome of pairing, and the other one is a personal preference. Which is a valid preference, but it does nothing to refute the fact that pair programming is a great solution for the issues laid out in the article.

I don't particularly like writing tests, but that doesn't stop me from doing so. I think we should think about pair programming like we think about tests: a necessary part of the process, and something most companies don't do enough.

> One of those rare artifacts that changed the world.

It's so enriching to see one of these artifacts - I don't think it's quite possible to understand the feeling without seeing one of them in real life.

A really memorable moment was stubmling across the two oldest surviving printing presses at a small museum in Antwerp - [the Plantin-Moretus museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantin%E2%80%93Moretus_Museum).

Everybody strolled right by it - for me, just looking at it made me feel more connected to the history of the written word.

This is also how conveyor-belt sushi restaurants near me calculate your bill - the plates are different colors, and each color has a price associated with it.

This isn't a blogpost with a particular focus, it's a newletter update for people who follow this person.

It hides your voice, and shortcuts your thinking process, because your editing is when you actually evaluate what you think!

When using LLMs to write, the temptation to avoid actually thinking about what you're communicating is too much for most people.

I'm increasingly convinced that most people spend most of their lives actively trying to find ways to avoid actually thinking about things. When I look at it that way I figure that either we achieve benevolent AGI in the near to medium term or society collapses due to whatever the asymptotic form of today's LLMs is.

there's a great blogpost explaining the creator's inspirations in hypercard also: https://beyondloom.com/blog/sketchpad.html

It says:

> HTML5/Canvas export — Export to self-contained HTML5 with JavaScript Canvas 2D playback.

Thank you, I missed that. Excellent news!

Looking through the website of the course, it's not really a general computer science course - it "explores the use of graphics in art, design and visualization contexts" and is part of the digital art program. Quite a reasonable tech stack, for that purpose I think.

Look at Japan - schools in Tokyo are extremely space-efficient (like most of Tokyo) and have innovations like rooftop playgrounds (with high, safe fences).