I think the mistake made by people like me who learned primitive html in the mid 90s is assuming if we stick to that era methods we can avoid the complexities (newer html standards, css, js) and new abstraction layers (frameworks) added since, and still get somewhere usable...
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Non-code example. When I learned mechanical drafting using pencil/paper/t-squares ~1993, we didn’t draw gear tooth profiles. We just drew concentric circles showing inner/outer diameters. Drawing involute profiles by hand is hard. But once you have CAD tool, trivial.
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So modern drawings show full gear geometry. Which means the “blueprint” layer (html of mechanical engineering) now operates at a level human paper draughtsmen can’t compete with. Not even getting into more complex geometries we can’t draw at all.
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Dammit I hate the combo of autocorrect and non-editable tweets. In thread above: harmless = html fore = core
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Shit writing by hand is another low-level abstraction layer that’s being taken over by machines and made impossible for humans. Autocomplete, autocorrect, replacement by emoji, suggested responses in gmail, reusable blocks.. I need a React-like 2nd order writing framework now.
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Do you have a name for this phenomenon? Something like this happened in the evolution of the brain.
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With topology optimization humans will be unable to compete on designing individual parts. Carbon fiber laminates can be designed on paper, but 5-axis carbon fiber 3D printing requires pathing software even for fairly simple parts.
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One sad aspect of this is that the tools like html or paper drafting have been universal and the new tools are often proprietary.
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Red queen’s race. Software automation ate my primitive skill level. Software terk muh jerb