On AI
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A programmer reflects on his changing relationship with AI coding tools, noting that after years of skepticism he now uses Claude and local models for work while remaining frustrated by rapid AI-generated projects in the vintage computing community. The author contrasts his years-long manual development efforts with AI tools that can produce comparable functionality in weeks, creating tension between appreciating the technology's utility and worrying his handcrafted work will be overshadowed. He concludes that while AI-generated tools may be useful to the community, he can continue his own projects at his own pace without viewing them as wasted effort.
