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I value simplicity and minimalist software design. Massive dependency chains piss me off. (Ironic, since my preferred language is TypeScript)
I hate AI, but sometimes use it as a rubber duck. Using AI to create software leaves me feeling unfufilled, and like I cheated. My life isn't entirely AI free, but I'm trying to remove it.
If I don't understand the snippet, I don't use it. If I must copy-paste code, I copy it by hand.
I've recently taken to using Gram over VSCodium. It's not perfect but feels really nice.
- I love strict typing and linting. (TypeScript, as horrid as the ecosystem is)
- Passive aggressive comments in code
- Open source software
- Linux
- Infrastructure as code (I've gotten into Nix)
- Electron, Tauri, anything like that. (Doesn't mean I don't reluctantly use it)
- Sprawling dependency chains
- AI Agents and other forms of AI slop (Seeing Claude in contributors, ew)
- Forced analytics, tracking, closed source software
- Microsoft Windows & MacOS (ChromeOS gets a pass, I've worked in IT and they do one thing and do it well)
- CommonJS
- CSS libraries
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- Email: amb@aspy.dev