Post B8ql8mIfS25wNC1ogq by glassresistor@sfba.social
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 (DIR) Post #B8qB3REAm3TRDi52iO by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @jonny what worked in my own experiment was giving the harness a stack of explorations with defined success criteriawhat i got was a microkernel that met defined success criteria but had poor design.  in fact, at one point, its refusal to code proper data structures forced me to interrupt it and give it an immediate task of writing a real red-black tree for my own sanity.i didn't like the experience.  it was amusing, but not any way i would ever want to write real software.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8qBkvF73Q8qlLFrTk by jonny@neuromatch.social
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       @ariadne that's also the only way i've ever gotten it to do plausible work for things where that is definable, to already have a handwritten set of tests that define completion, and i've seen people say that's how they work as an evolution of TDD. for something like a game this simple i usually wouldn't even write tests except the most obvious regression tests for "the game still works". thinking about how to test it would be almost as complex as the game itself. i also agree about this not being how i would want to work in general - this has been a joyless endeavor that feels more like addiction than problem solving. the only place it "improves" over just writing the damn thing myself is that it required a hell of a lot less cognitive effort and thinking, but that... is... the fun part...
       
 (DIR) Post #B8qCjt9pQBvNxZr12O by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @jonny i prefer prompt2exe which is actually fun, but like other forms of gambling, it's expensive to play
       
 (DIR) Post #B8qD1GnmlUoyDNpdLM by jonny@neuromatch.social
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       @ariadneHoly shit I have never seen prompt2exe before and thank you for telling me about this
       
 (DIR) Post #B8qKUW9pS4y9us2Hg0 by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @jonny i feel like it is my most artistic contribution to the field of vibe coding i could possibly make
       
 (DIR) Post #B8qizq4rpzntZeBPu4 by glassresistor@sfba.social
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       @ariadne @jonny curious what the cost per example prompt is
       
 (DIR) Post #B8qj54psOVvCnGfX9s by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @glassresistor @jonny pong.prompt cost me $7 but that was with a lot of failed diffusions
       
 (DIR) Post #B8ql8mIfS25wNC1ogq by glassresistor@sfba.social
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       @ariadne @jonny i mean pong was a million dollar game almost a million in profit