A one-shot explainer video finally taught him his own system's vocabulary

Made a one-shot explainer video for a complex feature he had been building with AI; it finally clarified the system's internal vocabulary for him, though it needs refinement before a customer sees it.

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How it works

He makes a one-shot explainer video for a complex feature he had been building with AI
It finally clarifies the system's internal vocabulary for him

Why it’s worth knowing

He built it with an agent and still needed the explainer. That is modern building.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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