Hasn't work always been cat turds?

This very long-winded page is exactly where requesting an LLM-generated summary totally shines.

For those even lazier/more impatient than I am, here's the prompt:

Please summarize the following web page in an A4 page or less:

https://www.scottsmitelli.com/articles/altoids-by-the-fistfu...

One object level suggestion is you shouldn't be doing string formatting manipulation to construct valid YAML objects as part of your ops pipeline; instead, do it all with actual data structures and then just render the result. Yes, I know that Helm directly encourages text templating — it's bad and wrong.

Beyond that, this a too-long essay about a deeply poisonous and discouraging worldview. I regret having read it. At least it wasn't written by AI!

Yeah, I am all for prose but this ain't it mate. Bitterness wrapped in chocolate still tastes bitter. I hope you find a better perspective on life.

> I’m no closer to anything resembling inner peace. I find I’ve grown to despise large swaths of the only thing I’ve ever been able to earn reliable income from. I tire of walking a path that has seemingly shifted beneath my feet to point toward a destination I no longer recognize. I’m embarrassed by the jerk my Younger Self used to be, and simultaneously ashamed of the energy I lost as I matured. I don’t really want to do most of what I have to do, while feeling a deep unsated need to achieve something that I have neither the stamina nor the freedom to pursue. At some point I’m going to reach down deep into the well of ambition to discover there ain’t nothing there to pull out anymore. And then?

What advice does one give when confronted with this?