I really like the idea of using deliberately ugly syntax when proposing a language feature. You avoid bikeshedding when you're figuring out the basic design.
I don't know why this is so rare. Bikeshedding can be exhausting, especially when a design is young.
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I like that most LLM UIs show your previous queries prominently.
When figuring out where LLMs are useful in your workflow, it's nice to see what worked well (or not) in the past.
Web search doesn't have this property. I rarely look at what I've previously googled.
I'm still figuring out where Copilot fits in my workflow, and I find it works really well *when I know exactly what code I want*.
When I have e.g. two lines in mind, I can see if it will write them (saving me the typing), and it's trivial to validate correctness.
Twitter is being unbundled before our eyes
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/23/15039062/twitter-unbundling-twitch-reddit-instagram
Another interpretation is that we're still figuring out what a social fabric should look like.
What features should it have? How do we maximise discoverability? What moderation tools work at scale?
