I indeed find the formatting quality of the site to be superior. As mentioned below by the author.
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I know some people don’t like AI. Without it, this book wouldn’t exist. The book is free, so if AI bothers you more than the resulting product might benefit you, please ignore this book.
Using Claude made me realize how many compromises I’ve made on books in the past. I would get a good idea about something (for example, automatically interleaving commented output in the listings). I either couldn’t implement it, or it seemed too hard, so I didn’t do it. But with AI I can explore and often implement every whim, from things as seemingly straightforward as inserting a new chapter to ones as daunting as that commented-output system. The result is much better than anything I managed before. I keep going until I’ve tweaked everything that occurs to me.
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“But with AI I can explore and often implement every whim, from things as seemingly straightforward as…”
I had a powerful misreading. I thought the author was saying they used AI to help write chapters they had struggled with before (uh? Yea, it seemed strange for the author of a Python book having trouble with Python…). How about writing custom chapters on request? Surely something that AI can do without trouble. At the right price point I would love a non-linear reading of the book and all that’s necessary for my to understand finally how hooks and callbacks work.
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I indeed find the formatting quality of the site to be superior. As mentioned below by the author.
""" I know some people don’t like AI. Without it, this book wouldn’t exist. The book is free, so if AI bothers you more than the resulting product might benefit you, please ignore this book.
Using Claude made me realize how many compromises I’ve made on books in the past. I would get a good idea about something (for example, automatically interleaving commented output in the listings). I either couldn’t implement it, or it seemed too hard, so I didn’t do it. But with AI I can explore and often implement every whim, from things as seemingly straightforward as inserting a new chapter to ones as daunting as that commented-output system. The result is much better than anything I managed before. I keep going until I’ve tweaked everything that occurs to me. """
I had a powerful misreading. I thought the author was saying they used AI to help write chapters they had struggled with before (uh? Yea, it seemed strange for the author of a Python book having trouble with Python…). How about writing custom chapters on request? Surely something that AI can do without trouble. At the right price point I would love a non-linear reading of the book and all that’s necessary for my to understand finally how hooks and callbacks work.