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title: "Dispatch #6 (August 2023)"
date: 2023-08-05T12:00:00-04:00
draft: false
tags:
- dispatch
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Some thoughts here...

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* Lake
* Visit from my parents
* Camping @ [Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area][1]

[1]: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233954

* Go
  * Did Exercisms
  * Fantasy draft TUI app in Go
* Did a bike ride
* Am I running a half-marathon this fall?
  * **YES** -- [Bull City Race Fest][2]

[2]: https://capstoneraces.com/bull-city-race-fest/

This month:

* Adventure:
* Project: Fantasy draft TUI app
  * [Bubble Tea][3]
* Skill:

[3]: https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea

Reading:

* Fiction: [_Title_][4], Author
* Non-fiction: [_The Creative Programmer_][5], [Wouter Groeneveld][6]

[4]: https://bookshop.org/
[5]: https://www.manning.com/books/the-creative-programmer
[6]: https://brainbaking.com/

Links:

* [Why I don't use Copilot][7]

  > 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][8]

  > *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][9]

  > 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.][10]

  > 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.

[7]: https://inkdroid.org/2023/06/04/copilot/
[8]: https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/phase-change/
[9]: https://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2023-07-12-the-looming-demise-of-the-10x-developer/
[10]: https://mike.puddingtime.org/posts/2023-07-17-daily-notes/#notes-on-conflict