marilyn l

One of Kim’s core points throughout the book is that aesthetic value doesn’t track forward with technology, but backwards. As tools become cheaper, faster, and more widely accessible, the images they produce tend to lose cultural weight. What gains value are the qualities those tools no longer reproduce.

You don't need to be an engineer to use code to achieve your goals.

In fact, I've observed that non-technical people tend to have the most interesting ideas when it comes to vibe coding. While engineers immerse themselves in the solution, non-technical people immerse themselves in the problem. A lawyer, doctor, or marketer who uses code can... See more

Raphael (one of the most famous painters of the Renaissance) ran a studio of dozens of assistants on large church commissions. Titian told patrons that even if he didn’t paint every brushstroke himself, the work would still reflect his vision and standards.

Turns out, if you just think of something you would want to delegate to AI, there's a very good chance, with enough trial and error, it can be delegated. And if you don't know how to do it, it'll be a great way to learn.

It wasn't a perfect time, but it was a fine time. More things were right than were wrong, and particularly the big things.

The fractures fell neatly along disciplines: engineers using AI to wish away designers, designers wishing away engineers, product managers wishing away both. In this climate, AI becomes frenemy identification technology, another way to avoid working together. It’s always easier to grab a tool and bypass the mess of coordination

craft as practice (not as output)

doing something because the doing itself teaches you, even if the result is mid

prompts: “what’s a low-stakes study?” “what would i learn only by doing it the slow/manual way?”

the vacuum saga is basically your domestic villain arc

airbot issues (W40), then later fixed-ish / loud / stink / filter / floor cloth disaster (W48), then fixed again (W49), then tineco arrives (W51). it’s literally a season-long plotline.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠​

The real gem of knowledge that's casually hidden in the video is that the fundamental of coding, in any language, is breaking the tasks down into smaller and smaller steps and until those steps are simple enough that you can write each one in code. I've written in well over 30 languages (counting variants like Algol and Pascal as separate... See more