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Focus on decisions, not tasks

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293 points kaycebasques | 2 comments | 18 Oct 24 17:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.407s | source
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simonw ◴[18 Oct 24 21:02 UTC] No.41883461[source]▶
This fits the way I like to use LLMs: I always ask them for options, then I decide myself which of those options makes the most sense.

Essentially I'm using them as weird magical documentation that can spit out (incomplete but still useful) available options to guide my decision making at any turn.

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A_Venom_Roll ◴[19 Oct 24 08:27 UTC] No.41886486[source]▶
Would you be willing to give an example of this?
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1. simonw ◴[20 Oct 24 00:40 UTC] No.41891978[source]▶
Here's one: I asked Claude this:

"Options for JavaScript to turn a JPEG into a vector SVG"

Result: https://gist.github.com/simonw/d2e724c357786371d7cc4b5b5bb87...

I ended up building this: https://tools.simonwillison.net/svg-render

More details here: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/6/svg-to-jpg-png/

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2. antifa ◴[21 Oct 24 13:39 UTC] No.41904062[source]▶
> I ended up building this:

I'm confused about how you ended up building the opposite of your initial prompt? The initial prompt seemed like puzzle worth solving.