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.
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'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.
Remember when Redux was responsible for making the previously underused switch statement popular in the frontend ecosystem?
Is it possible to build a text-based general purpose language that is at a higher-level than Python, Ruby, JavaScript and so on without actually resorting to natural language / vibe coding?
I've heard that using Lisp you can create abstractions so that you program close to your domain, but is that the best we can do? I'm one of those people who don't enjoy those pesky parentheses.
I'm reading the book "The Personal MBA" by Josh Kaufman.
Apart from The Iron Law of the Market,
The quote:
The cardinal marketing sin is being boring.
by Dan Kennedy is one of my biggest takeaways from the book so far.
Anyone else watched Lonely Planet / Globe Trekker during the 90s? I just recalled the show's classic theme song and had to share it here!
I was not aware of Muse growing up. Somehow they were not that popular in India during the 2000s. But I've been listening to them a lot during the past few months.
If you're considering freelancing / consulting as a career, you should listen to the Being Freelance podcast hosted by Steve Folland.