I think it’s a common impulse to want to interact with everything in a game. When the only vehicle the game gives you to do that is violence, it means I’m going to stop and murder every adorable animal I see, because that’s the only way I can acknowledge their presence.

Probably the best video man has ever made. A beautiful tribute to gaming: the good and the bad.

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Today we have thousands of apps to choose from, but it’s difficult to craft our own custom tools that do exactly what we need. Geoffrey Litt’s research explores malleable software: approaching software that feels more like a Lego set that anyone can combine to create their own tools, without programming. This talk will feature demonstrations of malleable software tools developed in contexts from travel planning to collaborative writing. It will also discuss how AI might enable a Cambrian explosion of custom tools created by non-programmers, and what kinds of new software environments will be needed to take advantage of that new power.

Great overview of Geoffrey’s work over the past few years and how LLMs could fit into the future of end-user programming.

Surprisingly well-written and researched.

Why does nobody care about anything? The world is full of stuff that could be excellent with just 1% more effort. But people don’t care.