Computer programming, and friction as a learning activity

kept by rohanm1993 sep 17

The author argues that personal friction in manual coding and teaching is essential for deep learning and enjoyment, and worries AI‑generated code removes that valuable struggle.

A modest proposal: Reformat everything to make documents more palatable to AI
A Linux Foundation working group proposes DocLang, an XML-based document format optimized for LLM tokenizers to reduce cost and improve accuracy in enterprise AI document processing.
also on Red Hat, #open-source, #developer-tools
I have officially retired from Emacs
Chris Wellons retired from Emacs after 20 years, replacing its tools like Elfeed with native C++ GUI apps built using AI assistance.
also on Emacs, #programming-languages, #open-source, #ai-coding, #developer-tools
Emacs - James Cherti
The guide shows how to speed up Emacs startup by deferring package loading with use-package, reducing init time and improving responsiveness.
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What's the best programming language for coding agents?
Dan Luu's empirical tests with LLMs on Zstd and Pandoc implementations show that language popularity weakly correlates with better outcomes, but claims about dynamic or token-efficient languages being superior for coding agents do not hold across non-trivial tasks.
also on #go, #python, #programming-languages, #ai-coding, #developer-tools
Introducing Stagehand v4: The SDK for browser agents.
Stagehand v4 moves browser automation state management into a Chrome extension, enabling feature-parity SDKs in TypeScript, Python, and Go by treating the remote browser as the source of truth.
also on #go, #python, #ai-coding, #developer-tools