Discipline

Does AI make our work better, or is it just another trap for our attention?

If it can produce pretty good, mediocre work in an instant, where’s the reward for us?

Simon Willison brings up a great point: It’s never been easier to start something. The harder skill is deciding when a project is done.

That’s the value of a shipping deadline, a budget, or a client who needs it by Tuesday.

We can treat art as art. Paint on a canvas. Or, in this case, code in a terminal. It doesn’t have to be anything more than fun, if you want it to be.

And yet, the pressure to stay ahead and create more will always be there. But like any gold rush, it was never really about the gold.

It’s an important reminder that discipline is a skill, not something we’re born with, but something we can keep getting better at. Deciding which projects to start and when something is finished is part of the craft.