When I was in high school, I would see the algebra teacher work through expressions and go "ohhh, that makes sense". But when I got back home to work with the homework, I couldn't make the pieces fit.
Isn't that the same? Just because you recognize something someone else wrote and makes you go "ohh, I understand it conceptually" doesn't mean that you can apply that concept in a few days or weeks.
So when the person you responded to says:
>almost overnight *my abilities* and throughput were profoundly increased
I'd argue the throughput did but his abilities really weren't, because without the tool in question you're just as good as before the tool. To truly claim that his abilities were profoundly increased, he has to be able to internalize the pattern, recognize the pattern, and successfully reproduce it across variable contexts.
Another example would be claiming that my painting abilities and throughput were profoundly increased, because I used to draw stick figures and now I can draw Yu-Gi-Oh! cards by using the tool. My throughput was really increased, but my abilities as a painter really haven't.
I read somewhere years ago that each subsequent recall of a memory is remembering the last time you recalled it—in a sense, an entropy-like phenomenon called memory reconsolidation.
- I wanted to ship fast to see if anyone liked the idea and would actually use it
- There are a couple of safeguards in place:
1. Since you can only sign in via Twitter, you get a good sense for the other person (buyer or seller), as well as the likelihood that they own the domain they are claiming to
i.e.
7 followers, 3 day old account... probably doesn't own 'google.com'
17k followers, 10+ year account, active indie hacker... I can believe they own 'dwarf.domains'
2. Any sales are escrow'd by me as a middle party, so there's not much room to scam someone anyhow
So this isn't a perfect nor permanent solution, but good enough to test whether or not it's worth taking the platform further
Yeah, apologies—I should have implemented other auth early on but figured I could start with X given I was only going to tweet about it to my immediate circle...
One of these weekends I'll refactor in magic password and Google et al
This guide, just like your others, gave me the gift of several ‘ah-ha’ moments that not only helped hash maps click, but also several other linked concepts.
Thank you so much for making the time and effort to create such quality content.
This is a really neat way of describing the phenomenon I've been experiencing and trying to articulate, cheers!