Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/04/stop-typing-and-the-most-dan.html
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This is really neat! I like the prompt option, as a quick creative exercise. The ephemeral nature of the app makes me write in a way I never tried before…
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I heard Kent Beck speak a few weeks ago. He’s working on a new kind of editor for computer programs that will compile your changes to the code, then if the compiler discovers a syntax error, or if it fails a unit test, it will erase all the changes you made since the last time it compiled successfully. If it passes the tests, it will deploy the changes into production.
The idea is to incent developers to make very small, incremental changes to the code. If you type code in a giant monolithic block for half a day before compiling or testing any of it, the tiniest little mistake will give you big punishing feedback. And every change must be in the direction of production - you don’t add stuff you’re not willing to deploy.
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There are worse ways to enforce writer productivity…
Dear God.
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Even better: if the user stops typing, encrypt their document and demand 1 Bitcoin for the decryption key.
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CTRL+A > CTRL+C
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So, a bit like WinWord 1.0 with autoserve on?
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…or just hides it
Wait 'til someone sees a way to use this to keep workers busy. Enforced breaks, all recorded re: productivity, profitability, etc.
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It’s been done, of course.
See also https://writtenkitten.co/ .
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An artist named Nate Hill (natehillisnuts.com) also did this in 2013. It was called WriteGa.me (dead link) and worked pretty much identically to Ebert’s.
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