Ithaka Gave You the Journey: AI-Assisted Development

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<h2> The Island </h2> <p>About fifteen years ago, I stood on a Greek island with my kids, looking out across the water at Ithaka in the distance. We never set foot on it. We just stood there looking at it — the actual island, not the mythological one, weathered and ordinary in the haze — and I found myself thinking about Cavafy's poem again.</p> <p>Something clicked that I'd been getting backwards. It's not the journey <em>to</em> Ithaka that matters. It's that Ithaka gave you the journey in the first place. There's nothing waiting for you when you arrive, which is maybe why I never felt any p

Problem

<h2> The Island </h2> <p>About fifteen years ago, I stood on a Greek island with my kids, looking out across the water at Ithaka in the distance. We never set foot on it. We just stood there looking at it — the actual island, not the mythological one, weathered and ordinary in the haze — and I found myself thinking about Cavafy's poem again.</p> <p>Something clicked that I'd been getting backwards. It's not the journey <em>to</em> Ithaka that matters. It's that Ithaka gave you the journey in the first place. There's nothing waiting for you when you arrive, which is maybe why I never felt any p

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<h2> The Island </h2> <p>About fifteen years ago, I stood on a Greek island with my kids, looking out across the water at Ithaka in the distance. We never set foot on it. We just stood there looking at it — the actual island, not the mythological one, weathered and ordinary in the haze — and I found myself thinking about Cavafy's poem again.</p> <p>Something clicked that I'd been getting backwards. It's not the journey <em>to</em> Ithaka that matters. It's that Ithaka gave you the journey in the first place. There's nothing waiting for you when you arrive, which is maybe why I never felt any p

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Ithaka Gave You the Journey: AI-Assisted Development

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