I went deep into OpenD6, chasing an idea through a maze of strange shapes.
See this extract from a Jupyter Notebook: Area Effect Aspect Volume Computations.
It was a lot of fun to uncover two errors in the rules, and work out what could have been used instead.
Maaike and Imke van Putten’s delightful Python Illustrated follows innocent Wiesje on a journey to learn the secrets only Zia seems to know. The journey is long and filled with discoveries about Python as well as the ways Wiesje needs to adapt and grow.
No, you’re not reading …
more ...The OpenD6 Table-Top Role-Playing Game (TTRPG) has a complicated bit of accounting around the definition for magical spells and invocations. For me, the accounting suggested a need for software tools. This -- in turn -- forced me to invent a Domain-Specific Language (DSL) to work with OpenD6 spells.
I like the OpenD6 …
more ...Your LLM conversations are emphatically not Literate Programming. The term "Literate Programming" cannot include code with separate documentation.
I won't call it "Illiterate Programming."
An LLM coder had a lot of things to say about productivity, and explained their approach. They wrote 800 or so words, and …
See The eval() Conundrum for background. Also, see https://github.com/slott56/writing-tools.
Permit me a long story about budgeting and a language to describe magic. The story leaves footprints that reveal the impossibility of making the right design choices up front.
Important
TL;DR.
Almost all software design seems …
Please do not use an LLM to create a conference talk.
Please.
If you can't be bothered to put in the effort to write your own material, why should we put in effort to read the LLM slop you had your LLM post to the submission form?
What's in it …
more ...Please do not use an LLM to create a conference talk.
Please.
We want to hear your actual words in your actual voice We do not want diluted words created for you by sparkling auto-complete. We really don't.
The vibe around LLM slop may seem better to you. But it's …
more ...In time for your Holiday Reading. Want guidance on OO design in Python? Want a lot of concrete examples, fully tested?
You rarely need this. Python handles memory management for you. Except in an edge case where you have a lot of objects to work with.
How many is a lot? Enough that your app crashes with MemoryError exception. Or, is consuming so much memory other processes have trouble working …
You rarely need this. Python handles memory management for you. Except in an edge case where you have a lot of objects to work with.
How many is a lot? Enough that your app crashes with MemoryError exception. Or, is consuming so much memory other processes have trouble working …