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+title: "Dispatch #6 (August 2023)"
+date: 2023-08-03T16:19:00-04:00
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+Some thoughts here...
+
+<!--more-->
+
+* Go
+  * Did Exercisms
+  * Fantasy draft TUI app in Go
+* Did a bike ride
+* Am I running a half-marathon this fall?
+
+This month:
+
+* Adventure:
+* Project:
+* Skill:
+
+Reading:
+
+* Fiction: [_Title_][1], Author
+* Non-fiction: [_Title_][2], Author
+
+[1]: https://bookshop.org/
+[2]: https://bookshop.org/
+
+Links:
+
+* [Why I don't use Copilot][3]
+
+  > I enjoy programming because it’s about reasoning, thinking, models, concepts, expression, communication, ethics, reading, learning, making, and process. It’s an art and a practice that is best done with other people.
+  >
+  > Increasingly I think it’s imperative for programming to be done more slowly, more deliberatively, and as part of more conversations with more people. The furious automation of everything is eating the world.
+
+* [Phase change][4]
+
+  > *What could I do with a universal function — a tool for turning just about any X into just about any Y with plain language instructions?*
+  >
+  > I don’t pose that question with any sense of wide-eyed expectation; a reason­able answer might be, *eh, nothing much*. Not every­thing in the world depends on the trans­for­ma­tion of symbols. But I think that IS the question, and I think it takes some legit­i­mate work, some strenuous imagination, to push yourself to believe it really will be “just about any X” into “just about any Y”.
+
+* [The looming demise of the 10x developer: Why an era of enthusiast programmers is coming to an end][5]
+
+  > That is to say, I’ve come to believe the era typified by the enthusiast programmer—autodidactic, obsessive, and antisocial—is drawing to a close.
+
+* [Notes on Conflict | Yes, Mike will do.][6]
+
+  > Over time I shifted on the matter a little, but when I look back on it I realize I wasn’t really evolving my attitude toward conflict, I was just evolving my response to its existence, while still believing that being in a state of conflict is a problem. I just got better at keeping my blood pressure low and gritting through it. I think I was looking at conflict as a thing that you have to acknowledge exists, but that you need to get through as quickly as possible, because it’s a bad place to be.
+
+[3]: https://inkdroid.org/2023/06/04/copilot/
+[4]: https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/phase-change/
+[5]: https://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2023-07-12-the-looming-demise-of-the-10x-developer/
+[6]: https://mike.puddingtime.org/posts/2023-07-17-daily-notes/#notes-on-conflict