Apparently I'm so non-judgemental that I missed the word "JUDGE" on Wordle Unlimited twice recently.
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Billions of end users Pre LLMs: "How to convert my document to PDF?".
Millions of developers post LLMs: "How to convert a PDF to plain text?"
After 12 years of using Digital Ocean, I finally got why their servers are called "droplets".
It's kind of ironic that the word "rhythm", is so unrhythmic to type on the qwerty keyboard due to its lack of vowels and unusual combination of keys.
Application Developers in 2015: Oh no, a lot of creative work is taken over by open source software, we mostly write glue code now.
Vibe Coders in 2025: Oh no, AI is not good enough for creative tasks. I have to think now!
Claude: Let me ask follow up questions at the end of each answer to maximize engagement.
Gemini: Let me reference a YouTube video at the end of each answer to maximize ad revenue.
When I finally fixed a long-lasting minor annoyance with a VS Code / Cursor setting today, I recalled the advice in The Pragmatic Programmer about "knowing your editor" and applying it. I'm not proud to admit that I'm not a VS Code power user yet in many areas despite using it for years now.
Now listening to Maximum City by Allegro Fudge, a Bangalore-based band!
The Spotify track is of better quality.
Digression: I remember purchasing their album on Musicfellas, a indie music platform, back in 2013. The user experience was quite ahead of its time and built using Knockout.js. Unfortunately, they were bought by Gaana.com who shut it down.
I used an em dash when replying to an AI chatbot. Now the AI is left wondering if I'm a human or not.
I've been building forms within React SPAs for so long that I forgot about the default form behaviour of the web.
It's great to see Svelte / SvelteKit support the good old GET -> POST -> Redirect workflow workflow along with the ability to enhance its behaviour using JS as well!
I understand it's possible to do this using modern React based frameworks as well, but Svelte / SvelteKit makes it so easy.