ethan denny

dev @spellbooklegal

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@jackharrhyisme @romainhuet This is the problem lowkey – trying to amalgamate the components we have into being a shared language

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

One thing I think most coding agents lack is that intuitive feel for what makes padding and spacing “right” – even when I give a harness screenshots and computer use it still doesn’t quite “get” the visual balance the way humans do

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@gabriel1 If and when you do it, make sure you get toradol. Tylenol 3 did nothing for me and I wasn’t going to start using codeine (even though it was prescribed) unless I was in mind-breaking pain, which I never was. Toradol was the only thing that gave me actual relief

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@PremiumGoblin Is that a Keychron? I have one that’s very similar

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

New keeb

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@scottastevenson Agree. Especially when it’s a matter of individual pixels – I was swapping between two tabs in Associate today and discovered a button that had a hidden border; Codex missed it completely!

[lauren @poteto]

if your definition of coding is just the act of typing code, then yes, it's solved. agents can type code faster than anyone can.

but i think most of us think of coding as the act of solving problems with code. in that definition, coding is definitely not solved. agents can generate code quickly and build whatever you want, but without the right constraints, they end up causing more problems than they solve.

i think of this like my gardening analogy. agents are like magic beans that grow in any condition, but in wild and unpredictable ways. if you put the right scaffolding around them however, they can grow into whatever shape you want.

you still want humans thoughtfully and intentionally steering this outcome. we have a name for them: engineers. agents have greatly lowered the barrier to entry to doing engineering. what was once the domain of those who understood syntax and logic is now accessible to anyone who can explain their ideas. english is a new programming language for engineering outcomes with agents.

now, even ordinary people can build impressive software. and the good ones will learn engineering through first principles. as someone who is a self-taught programmer (i first learned how to code through Excel macros!), this is incredibly exciting to me, and i can't wait to see what everyone learns and builds in this new world.

let a thousand gardens bloom!

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

So @tryramp can just sync my credit card transactions and then I can pick the ones I want to submit for reimbursement. Incredible.

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

We are ahead by a century

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@LynelDesign 2px is obvious I fear

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@jackharrhyisme I trust in Hashimoto to ship something simple enough for me to and powerful enough for you

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

Simple is just better; Ghostty clears

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@jackharrhyisme So excited for Superlogical

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@jackharrhyisme Simple is just better

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@adamgordonbell That's clever. I'm a Codex desktop app enjoyer these days, the terminal is mostly just a place to grep logs and do git things, but if you're using a TUI it makes total sense to want something like cmux

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@adamgordonbell That's awesome, what sort of things did you change?

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@mitchellhynes

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

Codex is exceeding the hype

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

Let's see if Codex lives up to the hype

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@karrisaarinen @SpellbookLegal

[ethan denny @ethanisthinking]

@mitchellhynes @jackharrhyisme 22 where I am