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> reasoning through someone else's code requires an extra step to latch on to the author's line of reasoning. And, in my experience, it’s a lot easier to latch
by jmb99 2y ago
> reasoning through someone else's code requires an extra step to latch on to the author's line of reasoning.
And, in my experience, it’s a lot easier to latch on to a real person’s real line of reasoning rather than a chatbot’s “line of reasoning”
- unclebucknasty 2y agoExactly. And, if correction is required, then you either re-write it or you're stuck maintaining whatever odd way the LLM approached the problem, whether it's as optimal (or readable) as a human's or not.
- Ekaros 2y agoAlso after reasonable period if you are stuck you can actually ask them what were they thinking and why was it written that way and what are the constrains they thought of. And you can discuss these, with both of you hopefully having experience in the domain.