[spopejoy]

> I could have read a few man pages and iterated on the script by hand to eventually get there after maybe an hour or two of futzing

I'm not even sure losing this method is such a bad thing. Tooling, build scripts, home networking -- any learning you gain from stumbling through man pages and trial-and-error at best results in some hard-won, single-purpose scripts, the knowledge will evaporate instantly b/c everything is so bespoke, "fix once and forget" until you have new gear and have to solve new problems years later.

Presenting a well-specified problem thoroughly to an LLM, then analyzing results and testing the output, is valid problem solving.