Simon Repp @freebliss@post.lurk.org
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Delightful observation I keep making (exponentially more often?) in the last years:

Copy-pasting and adapting from my own (hand-written, if you will) software corpus is a _huge, reciprocal productivity boost_.

[x] I constantly build on and expand my own repertoire
[x] I understand (or at least once understood :)) everything I reuse
[x] Re-used code can have issues but I have full trust that it was written with best intent, to the best of my ability
[x] Reused code is improved/refined with each iteration
[x] Improved code goes around to be re-integrated with the source eventually
[x] I learn tremendously in the process
[x] I don't need to pay anyone for this
[x] No new datacenters need to be built for this
[x] This gets better every year

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Simon Repp @freebliss@post.lurk.org
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To put that in contrast with *that other technology* that is currently drowning out absolutely everything:

[x] Builds largely on stolen work
[x] People don't understand what they reuse
[x] Zero trust in what you get (have fun reviewing!)
[x] Code potentially degrades with each iteration (model collapse)
[x] Code out of a slot machine has no tangible connection to anything you personally ever did
[x] How much are you going to learn from not solving problems yourself?
[x] Corps will soon milk you to use their service
[x] Ecological nightmare
[x] "Bubble" something something?

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