Fixes you don't understand
2025-03-07
It's hard to measure whether or not productivity is increasing, and by how much.
At least I'll be able to fix a first-time Android app that I have no idea about.
I was able to get the video gif and audio file from the linklet, but I'll have to record something to see if I can get a proper transcription.
Maybe I'll take a walk tomorrow with this around my neck.
I'm an amateur Android developer, but I've managed to get most everything done by asking o3 everything.
I gave Devin all the app code and the SDK code to fix it because I knew I wouldn't have enough context to read through the SDK and the documentation, just the part where I'd change the code.
Yasuno described it as "a decoupling of understanding and achievement." I'm able to modify and execute code for my purposes without understanding Android development at all.
I don't feel like I understand it at all.
I feel uneasy about this, but on the other hand, I can live without understanding how electrons move in semiconductors or how compiler-generated machine language is executed, so maybe there is no rational basis for feeling uneasy.
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