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How useful are your skills when people with less skills are creating at a higher value and velocity with arguably better code, more testing, etc... I think that
by bastardoperator 3y ago
How useful are your skills when people with less skills are creating at a higher value and velocity with arguably better code, more testing, etc... I think that's where we're going to get to. Young minds will geek out on AI, and they won't nearly be as good in terms of knowledge, but they'll produce at a rate that justifies the means.
I think combining or crafting your offboard brain/prompts at this point is par for the course, or maybe even a no brainer. Take your knowledge, and things you don't like or don't pique your interest, give it to the robots. That's what I've been doing so I can focus more on the critical path. I don't trust any of these robots, but not everything they produce is bad, some of it is actually pretty good.
I see this mentality a lot, and I don't understand it, but people seem to take satisfaction from doing things the hardest way. While I can appreciate the feeling of accomplishment, and being able to overcome an obstacle while learning, if there is a solution that takes less time to build and create while providing the same outcome, that tool is going to have a home in my tool chest.
- gavinhoward 3y agoNot GP. If Copilot/GPT produces stuff with subtle problems, and it always will, then it will not be better code than someone with skills. More testing? Generated by the same LLM? Sure, but it might be testing the wrong thing. I think that those with skills should lean on them. Let code monkeys use LLM's; experts should be human, not a fleshy bot feeding another bot and uncritically using the spew.
- bastardoperator 3y agoHumans produce code with subtle problems, and they always will, even with expert skills. Sure, but humans could be testing the wrong thing too. They should, but let's not pretend that experts or any human for that matter are infallible. I wouldn't refer to people as code monkeys, it's rude. I can see on the site listed in your profile you're having issues aligning your navigation <div> (left or center?). Like you I too make mistakes. In this case ChatGPT recommend using a <container>, while I'm not sure if it's the right path forward, it seems to fix the issue on your page keeping the <nav> left aligned.
- gavinhoward 3y agoAnyone who uses an LLM to write lots of code for them is a code monkey. They're turning off their brain. My navigation is where I want it to be. It's not a mistake. Nice try. Humans may be infallible, but if they wrote the code, they'll have an easier time figuring out where their assumptions were wrong because at least there were assumptions. An LLM just regurgitates statistically-massaged word lists.
- bastardoperator 3y agoName calling people who don't think like you tells me everything I need to know about you. You're not better or smarter than anyone else. You think you are, but just poking around your wares, you're really not. Your navigation looks like utter trash. I've seen high school graduates do considerably better. It is a mistake. Just own it. You've taken a stance based on regurgitated talking points. Do you get upset with yourself when you learn something from stackoverflow?