hello internet.
i haven't really been active in a while. i mean... that seems typical for a neocities blog. i do feel bad for taking such a long-ish hiatus (a month and a half - almost two months?) from working on this site. i still have big ambitions for this website, but these ambitions are definitely misguided. no specific goal other than to make this a cool personal space for myself.
i hate mopey blogs.
AI IS EVIL(?)
i've actually been on a bit of a philosophical rut regarding my ai usage. at first i've been on the fence. i still find it extremely useful for purely technical, results-based applications, but after some introspection, i cannot in good faith use it for creative endeavors. i believe this was me experiencing cognitive dissonance. funnily enough, this youtube video about getting over it with bennett foddy actually prompted this deep introspection. after watching the video, i played the game after 5 years... 59th win. 13ish minutes is not bad.
anyway... i moved to claude but only for planning and brainstorming ideas (llms actually make for a great supercharged rubber ducky). it actually gave me a good recommendation and when i asked for a cms to help me write blog posts. it recommended me front matter cms (not to be confused with frontmatter). i think i'll be staying with this instead of messing with obsidian and its plugins. i'll already have vs code up (i really need to get on vscodium) so it will give me some motivation to work on this website.
i could not in good faith stay with codex due to openai being dumb. it was convenient and good enough for what i wanted to use it for, but the company is just dumb.
DEADLOCK
i've been playing a lot of deadlock lately. i don't think it's a healthy amount time-wise, but i'm enjoying playing with my friends and getting good at a video game. i like playing rem and infernus right now. i'm trying to find a third character to play. i used to play paradox back when there were 4 lanes, but the character is just too difficult for me. :P