I know for sure this oddly named function in the re library has bitten me a bunch of times when writing Python and I’m glad to see that it’s being phased out. Just why did it take so long?

Just like I also wrote more than a year ago, there’s a lot to be gained from using jj as the version control harness for your LLM. It removes a lot of the cruft of git and simplifies concepts and flows.

Dan Abramov’s account of how he used LLMs to do novel math is interesting and revealing. It is possible to deploy these tools to do new and original things, but right now it takes a lot of time, persistence and expertise.