{"channel":"cities","content":"the new \"channels\" system is complete. (<xantham> the CSS is not; after wondering why several attempted fixes did nothing I found a syntax error in the CSS file.  now they have all been applied and it looks bad) (<red> the emphasis fix took 5 minutes)\r\n\r\nthe new glasses ... i have decided on one pair.  the second pair is 30% off, i am debating which (if any) I will get.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\na project reaches a point where the \"possible work\" increases faster than the \"valuable\" work.\r\n\r\ni could add more test files.  but why? (<xantham> tests are good!) (<red> tests create *friction* against certain types of change.  when those changes are bad, this is a good thing.  but, if you know there will be changes, the tests simply mean you have to change more things.)\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nthe \"quotes\" system is too fragile.  none of the metadata is getting populated by LLM.  the metadata is also very rarely displayed.\r\n\r\nis this worth my time?\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\n<quote> all computer systems expand until they are able to send email.\r\n\r\ni still call them emails.  Do I want \"email to post\"?  Do I want \"send emails to readers\"? (<xantham> it still seems like the wrong choice to try to convert this to a \"newsletter\" format)\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\ni could support \"ISBN\" tags.  but that might need (or at least want) the \"new parser\" I talked about a few weeks ago, as an example of << something the *machine* should be able to do, but can't >>.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nthose are questions for next week.  and the answers will be (at least partly) based on \"what other things do I have going on\".","created_at":"2025-01-17T20:52:56.754395","id":118,"llm_annotations":{},"parent_id":113,"processed_content":"<p>the new \"channels\" system is complete. <span class=\"colorblock color-xantham\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udd25</span><span class=\"colortext-content\">( the CSS is not; after wondering why several attempted fixes did nothing I found a syntax error in the CSS file.  now they have all been applied and it looks bad)</span></span> <span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\">( the emphasis fix took 5 minutes)</span></span>\r</p>\n<p>the new glasses ... i have decided on one pair.  the second pair is 30% off, i am debating which (if any) I will get.\r</p><hr class=\"section-break\" /><p>a project reaches a point where the \"possible work\" increases faster than the \"valuable\" work.\r</p>\n<p>i could add more test files.  but why? <span class=\"colorblock color-xantham\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udd25</span><span class=\"colortext-content\">( tests are good!)</span></span> <span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\">( tests create <em>friction</em> against certain types of change.  when those changes are bad, this is a good thing.  but, if you know there will be changes, the tests simply mean you have to change more things.)</span></span>\r</p><hr class=\"section-break\" /><p>the \"quotes\" system is too fragile.  none of the metadata is getting populated by LLM.  the metadata is also very rarely displayed.\r</p>\n<p>is this worth my time?\r</p><hr class=\"section-break\" /><p><span class=\"colorblock color-quote\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udcac</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> all computer systems expand until they are able to send email.\r</span></span></p>\n<p>i still call them emails.  Do I want \"email to post\"?  Do I want \"send emails to readers\"? <span class=\"colorblock color-xantham\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udd25</span><span class=\"colortext-content\">( it still seems like the wrong choice to try to convert this to a \"newsletter\" format)</span></span>\r</p><hr class=\"section-break\" /><p>i could support \"ISBN\" tags.  but that might need (or at least want) the \"new parser\" I talked about a few weeks ago, as an example of <span class=\"literal-text\">something the <em>machine</em> should be able to do, but can't</span>.\r</p><hr class=\"section-break\" /><p>those are questions for next week.  and the answers will be (at least partly) based on \"what other things do I have going on\".</p>","quotes":[{"text":"all computer systems expand until they are able to send email.","type":"reference"}],"subject":"red deer (6/6)"}