I don't think the op meant Gas Town itself (if they did, my bad), but what has Yegge done with Gas Town? By now it should have released some amazing thing if Gas Town increases productivity so much.
replyWhat has Yegge done with Gas Town? Well for one, he has posted a bunch of blog content about it which has generated chatter like this and increased his geek mindshare.
replyJust because he's operating in the realm of smart nerds doesn't mean he is immune to the value-inverting effects of social media.
>doesn't mean he is immune to the value-inverting effects of social media.
replyOr those of hype, e.g. AI hype.
I think the main thing he's produced using Gas Town is Gas Town itself.
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reply> you can always fire it up yourself and see what its all about
replyI imagine it doesn't run very cheaply.
> that code is probably only ever supposed to be LLM maintained, not by people.
replyBut LLMs are trying to mimic people. So if confusion is the human response, what's to stop the llm from acting confused?
A mechanical ability to look at the code without having a judgement.
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