# philosophical questions **URL:** https://enough.discourse.group/c/enough-documentation/philosophical-questions/15.md [Latest](https://enough.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://enough.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://enough.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [About the philosophical questions category](https://enough.discourse.group/t/about-the-philosophical-questions-category/36)
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… and their answers, from Graham Smith, the writer behind enough. If I get asked any other questions (twice or more), I’ll add them. --- ## ["what is enough?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/what-is-enough/51)
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that is the question i asked myself in spring 2026. more precisely: “when will all of these large language model capabilities finally be ‘enough?’” and my answer was “maybe they already are.” i had worked with LLMs for … --- ## ["where did enough come from?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/where-did-enough-come-from/50)
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the name comes from the idea that we already have enough useful and usable text manipulation tools, which, due to their component parts’ licensing schemes, distribution mechanisms, and offline functionality, will still b… --- ## ["what's all this about 'paradigms?'"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/whats-all-this-about-paradigms/49)
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i am definitely imposing one paradigm on users, namely: this is how i think user-configurable text planning and editing software might work better for writers. but that feels unavoidable. at its core, enough expects use… --- ## ["will enough work on my computer?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/will-enough-work-on-my-computer/48)
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it runs a server in your terminal, and its ui is your modern web browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, glad to look into fixing bugs on others if you find and report them). currently, it’s supported for MacOS on Apple Silico… --- ## ["why does using openrouter require sacrificing privacy?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/why-does-using-openrouter-require-sacrificing-privacy/47)
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first of all, don’t worry … openrouter seems safe, and it’s also probably “fine” to send your data to Anthropic or OpenAI or Google through their proprietary harnesses! but as soon as you start sending requests to a web… --- ## ["why does enough run in my browser?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/why-does-enough-run-in-my-browser/46)
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an application wrapper – which would likely be a stripped-down custom browser anyway – is definitely a feasible alternative, and it’s something i’m still considering for the future. but the browser seems optimal with th… --- ## ["ok. can i use enough to do agentic coding?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/ok-can-i-use-enough-to-do-agentic-coding/45)
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in theory, you could likely set up paradigms and skills to do this pretty well. but there’s probably a much better option, because there are a LOT of coding-focused harnesses, and not only the corporate ones. enough is … --- ## ["why are you doing this? is it 'a business play?'"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/why-are-you-doing-this-is-it-a-business-play/44)
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it’s a great question; when i try to answer it inside my head, i get really nervous. the structure of enough suggests i am a particular “type” of person that i am not. i generally do not mind giving up my own personal p… --- ## ["so am i a 'non-technical person?'"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/so-am-i-a-non-technical-person/43)
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only you can answer that, but by way of explanation: for many years, i was terrified of the command line and unix/gnu/linux and all that, despite being fascinated by software development and publishing. as far as i can … --- ## ["i hate generative ai. why would i use enough?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/i-hate-generative-ai-why-would-i-use-enough/42)
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even though i personally do NOT hate generative ai, as i feel i must disclaim, i do feel like i’ve already gotten tired of seeing it everywhere, generated prose in particular. i want more personal human writing. as a re… --- ## ["what if i hate markdown almost as much as i hate ai?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/what-if-i-hate-markdown-almost-as-much-as-i-hate-ai/41)
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i have done everything i can to make using markdown more comfortable in enough. i too have never been a huge fan, though i’m coming around. i kind of prefer plaintext, tbh. which, it’s worth pointing out, works just fin… --- ## ["what's up with the lowercase?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/whats-up-with-the-lowercase/40)
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the lowercase formatting helps to distinguish help content or documentation from system text. in the ui, the lowercase help text contrasts with the “proper” formatting in the markdown documents you edit and manage to gu… --- ## ["and the lack of em dashes?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/and-the-lack-of-em-dashes/39)
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look, some stigmas you can’t just wave away. i personally love em dashes, or rather, i prefer to use what i call nn dashes – like that. even though google docs always converts them into good old — anyway, things are diff… --- ## ["maybe you \*should\* be trying to prove more points about humans vs. machines?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/maybe-you-should-be-trying-to-prove-more-points-about-humans-vs-machines/38)
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perhaps i will give it a shot. in that spirit, i think this quote from a prominent literary fiction author should not have caused them so much trouble. When writing my latest novel… I asked this advanced model what kin… --- ## ["are you sure it's a good idea to document the software's philosophy in this manner?"](https://enough.discourse.group/t/are-you-sure-its-a-good-idea-to-document-the-softwares-philosophy-in-this-manner/37)
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i try to suppress most certainties that arise within me, but yes, this feels comfortable, inoffensive, and consistent with enough’s approach. oh, and if you’re wondering, they were posted in reverse chronological order …