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Wouldn’t it be easier instead of juggling with models and their quirks to just write the code the old way?
by kikimora 2y ago
Wouldn’t it be easier instead of juggling with models and their quirks to just write the code the old way?
- stared 2y agoDepends. Sometimes I could solve in 15 mins, a bug I had been chasing for days. In other cases, it is simpler to write codes by hand - as AI either does not solve a problem (even a simple one), or does, but at a cost of tech debt - or it takes longer than doing things manually. AI is just one more tool in our arsenal. It is up to us to decide when to use them. Just because we have a hammer does not mean we need to use it for screws. > Wouldn’t it be easier instead of juggling with [something] and their quirks to just write the code the old way? This phrase, when taken religiously, would keep us writing purely in assembly - as there is always "why this new language", "why this framework", "why LLMs".
- kikimora 2y agoMost tools we have been using are not probabilistic. I use syntax highlighting, autocompletion, refactoring because they work close to 100% of the time. So my question really is if using a tool that works some % of the time is worth it.