One More Thing ...

Hello, loves! I see one more thing that needs doing. And then I propose that we have a little fun. What am I saying, programming IS fun for me. CW: Brief LLM excursion. Begin with a digression … In fact, I do this simple programming thing, and this prolix writing about it thing, because I enjoy them. I enjoy the puzzles, the mental exercise, the fun of seeing the computer do what I set out to have it do, the occasional joy of someone engaging with me via one of these articles. I have had the privilege, most of my life, to have work that I could do fairly well, and that I enjoyed doing, and when things became less than enjoyable, something better soon came along. Now that I’m retired, I continue to enjoy that privilege by doing what I love, and sharing it. Frequent readers here or on Mastodon know that I often think about LLM-“AI”, and that I think, um, poorly of it. Most of my objections are systemic in nature, relating to climate, resources, extractive capitalism, job displacement,…