I was writing a piece about a feature I’d like to see added to WordPress, basically a refcon for each blog post, that would allow me to write an editor that managed data that’s structured differently than a classic blog post. #
I briefly explained what a refcon was, and then searched the web via Google to find a definitive page on what a refcon is. Not finding one immediately, I had the idea of asking ChatGPT to write one. And what it came up with was not only accurate, but imho beautiful.#
Now there probably is a page somewhere on the web that explains the philosophy of refcons, but once I got the idea to give the problem to ChatGPT that was the end of my searching. #
I love refcons, they are so respectful, both ways, and I love ChatGPT just as much, because it says even if Google can’t find something that doesn’t mean I can’t have it! #
PS. I honestly don’t know if the Mac OS still has refcons, but it did in the 80s, and they were very important imho to the success of the Mac as a developer platform. #
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