In 2023, I had a few thoughts about how LLMs would affect the world. I’m revisiting this today, and thinking about what’s next.

It’s been about a year since I’ve been regularly using ChatGPT. At first it was just version 3.5, but in February I upgraded to pro to get access to 4th edition.

There isn’t a lack of pontificating on the technology from a non-technical perspective, but I’ll share my brief thoughts on AI after using ChatGPT and its APIs for about a year now.

I’ve been writing software professionally for more than five years now. Each time I git init a new project, start a directory structure, and deploy a project, I’m doing it on the shoulders of previous knowledge. I like to think that each time I do it better.

Here’s my thoughts on starting new code projects that I wish I knew when I started. Consider it an ever-growing argument with myself about “software best practices” that you have the privilege to witness.

Our bus from Xalapa passed north of Puebla through Calpulalpan, and we could already see a haze of smog to the west.

I spent six months moving from place to place in Mexico with my partner, spending anywhere from a month to a week in each location. Here’s what I learned.

A group of ten women in instagram hats taking selfies with a cathedral. An old white man playing on his ipad with an apple pencil as a man shines his shoes. A short wife in an orange jumpskirt cuddling up to her husband as a mariachi band plays them a song.

Since 2016, I’ve been using the same organizational method with very few alterations. It’s designed for organizing tasks day-by-day and week-by-week, with an emphasis on recording events that occurred, events that will occur, space for todo-lists and reminders.