Th author spent however long on setup and wrote up a blog post. They are doing something different than you, but it’s clear they are also having fun. There is room for two approaches, and I’m not going to tell anyone else their approach “defeats the point,” because we really don’t even have to agree on the point! Glad you enjoy your approach.
replyOr the author is doing this for SEO. He’s the founder of the AI platform all of this is running on. Or maybe he enjoys the technical tinkering more than the gardening ;)
replyI assume a comment here is very frequently an opinion not a normative statement. One way of consideration from among the many. His opinion, that this way defeats the point, is very well in line to say this way, we shouldn't even hint to shut up about it. It does not and cannot hinder anyone having alternative approach to the matter, it was not even implied here, as far as I can see, the room for alternative is there.
replyI don't like gardening, so that sounds like a win to me. I can kill any plant. I don't enjoy that. I enjoy having nice plants around me.
reply> I don't like gardening
replyheressy!
> I can kill any plant
Hum, suddenly you have exactly the most skill wanted in gardening. People will pay for your magic touch on all those stinking needles and weeds out of control. If it works also with moles, people will make queues at your door with marry me proposals.
We have a gardener who comes to do our garden. I love my garden. I'm totally useless at gardening and while I like the idea of learning it, the opportunity cost against my other ADHD hobbies makes it impractical. So I just walk around and enjoy my garden.
reply> You're not gardening any more.
replyYou are though. Its the automation you garden now.
the curse of automation
Some might call it the joy of automation.
replyYou could get more of that out of Factorio…
replyAs someone with not much of a "green thumb", I would rather say this lets you keep the pleasant parts of gardening (planting, harvesting and generally enjoying your plants) while automating the chore of regularly watering them.
replyI think he's farming now.
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