If You Can't Make Peace With Your Partner, How Can You Expect to Make Peace in the World? AMA with Annie Lalla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5TMc--Or8
time management
- kicks up weird addiction cycles in me
- the end product feels more like 20-30% jordan's creation and 70-80% LLM's. The text for example is all a little off, the style, etc, and it drifts because it's so easy to have it do it and so much more "time consuming" to go fix all the little bits (plus you have no guarantee it wont fuck something else up) and keep them coherent, versus just surrendering to the llm
- As a result I feel weirdly not that autonomous... like is the LLM working for me or am I working for it? This feels similar to the addiction cycle too
- There's a vibe that's similar to the "HR Lady" tone and em-dash hell of the LLM writing; like everything is sanitized and optimized for general professional sleeze marketing and you can't quite put your finger on why it sucks. The glassmorphism designs and gradients feel similar
- I continue to feel like I'm learning a lot from it, but I have updated to think that at the current stage its at, its actually an unhealthy practice and so is a little like a blood sacrifice that should be used sparingly. I imagine this will change, but maybe it'll get worse.
What is something you admire about each candidate? Inspired by Brian's post
If you're not changing it, you're choosing it. This is one of my favorite quotes. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. There are moments when it feels easier to stay where I am, to shrug things off, or just go along with what’s happening. But then I notice that staying still is, in itself, a choice. It makes me pause and ask myself - am I really okay with this? Or do I need to try something different, even if it’s just a small step? It’s not about beating myself up, it’s about quietly noticing where I have power and how I want to use it.
Productivity Systems vs Meaningful Aligned Work. This might be a false dichotomy.
But, every few months, I come across some new productivity idea and get mini obsessed by it. GTD. Anki cards. AI Assistants.
As far as I can tell, I don't have a cohesive system for work or anything. I keep all my tasks in a txt file. Most of my computer files live in my downloads folder or a dropbox sync folder. I have my own "internal" system that's taken bits and pieces from what I've learned.
Recently, I read this article, A receipt printer cured my procrastination
Basic idea is printing out your tasks with a receipt printer (very fast, very cheap, very small). Having it be physical and visible rather than stuck in a digital todo app.
Also saves the headache of manually writing these out on notecards/post-it notes.
I went ahead and bought a receipt printer off ebay. But I have a sneaky suspicion that I'll love this for a few weeks and then drop it entirely.
(also the concern that thermal receipt printers are toxic in daily frequent exposure but there's more expensive paper that's suppose to be neutral/healthy)
It feels like all these systems are modernist hacks to predict and control human behavior rather than trusting its natural eros towards what is meaningful.
On the other hand, meaningful work tied to my identity that's in direct connection to others/near environment, I don't need any system or task manager to do. It naturally flows and gets done.
Then again, there are just thigns that need to get done like paystubs and taxes that I don't have any eros towards so maybe there's a happy medium of systems for necessary but not interesting tasks and trusting natural interest for everything else?
Quick reflections on vibe-coding: