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Bend2 Developer Ships Progress After Dropping AI-Assisted Coding

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Taelin@VictorTaelin#1140inTech

Status Update:

Someone DM'd me to ask what is the point of Bend. A lot of the same questions. I replied one by one, and it made me happy because it is always points I fully addressed, ages ago. Bend2 turning out extremely good, for real, but I'm also disappointed for all the delays. I now take it as truth that I'd have shipped if I never used AI. But as Shigeru would say: a delayed game is eventually good, a rushed game is bad forever. Well, I guess that doesn't apply here. But I'll use this excuse

A few days ago I posted I would have a break due to Fable. Well, I tried. I played one match of League of Legends. They sent me death threats. Then I tried playing another one, but the client crashed at load screen. I quickly rebooted my gaming laptop, but Windows decided to update. I got an auto-loss. I then tried queueing again, but it failed. I got a notification that my account was punished for quitting and I lost my honor? Perhaps they thought I'm Zuko

Anyway I gave up of giving up and just decided to work again. I've been completing Bend2 manually in the last days, line by line, no AI. I really like how it is turning out...

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Taelin@VictorTaelin

Quick update / 1998 blog post / no new info here

Someone DM'd me to ask what is the point of Bend2. Answering these questions always makes me happy because it is always points I fully addressed, ages ago. There is a LOT of thought behind the language, and it is turning out really solid. But I'm also self-disappointed for all the delays. At this point, it would be done if I didn't use AI :(

A few days ago, I posted that I would have a break until Fable was back. I tried. I played a match of League of Legends with my gf. First game, we lost and our team sent us death threats. We then played another match, but the client crashed at load screen. I quickly rebooted, but Windows decided to update. My gf asked the team to wait, but they voted to forfeit and we lost ranked points. We then tried queueing a last time, but it didn't work. Instead, I got a notification that my account was punished for quitting and I lost my "honor"? Do I look like Zuko now :(

Gave up of this shitty game and signed up for something much healthier: polymarket! I put $1000 just for the lulz. So far, I made $462 betting in World Cup games, using the Kelly criterion. But this was fully countered by losing $400 on a bet that Fable would return next Monday. I once again blame Anthropic for my misfortunes.

I've also been watching Naruto and completing Bend2 manually, line by line, no AI, and, guess what - things are actually moving MUCH faster than I expected. Plus the code is *beautiful* now. Turns out making progress is easy when you don't need to convince a neural lookup table not to fuck up. Perhaps AI is just a mirage after all

kat / kappa / Taelin / honor