I don't think Gas Town was actually all that much ahead of the curve - see Cursor's swarm post from January this year, mentioned at the very top of this blog post.
replyI also don't know that beads is a very strong example that Yegge knows what he's doing - it's famously been described as (pseudo)malware.
Everything Steve yegge has done has been trash. That's why nobody is talking about beads or gas town. It was clear even in the beginning that it was a borderline AI-psychosis-fueled trash fire.
replyAt the same time a lot of the stuff in this Cursor post sounds like things that Gastown was doing, albeit more sober and thought through
replyDoes every peice of prose published here have to be novel? is it not enough for you to read a new. perspective?
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