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Posting this here as I feel like similar things are happening in open source projects we like to host.

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[–] notabot@piefed.social 6 points 3 hours ago

That's a good article, thanks. The core beliefs they articulate at the end really resonate for me, but it was getting hard to convince people they were worthwhile even ten years ago, long before LLMs were infecting people's minds.

  • Things that are worth doing are worth doing well.
  • Things that are done well require time and effort.
  • You make meaning through the doing.
  • Ideas are common; effort is not.
  • There are no shortcuts.