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It is not necessary to automate it. Do it manually, say it requires a lot of attention and care and bill the hours. If they force an LLM on you, say that you a
by throwxbnk 2y ago
It is not necessary to automate it. Do it manually, say it requires a lot of attention and care and bill the hours.
If they force an LLM on you, say that you are thrilled to use an LLM, give it a try and arrive at the conclusion that unfortunately LLMs are not up to the task. Bill the hours needed to arrive at that conclusion.
There's no need for software engineers to automate themselves away. Look at lawyers, they know how to bill and protect themselves.
- andybak 2y agoOr - do the best job you can with whatever tools you think will help and sleep better at night.
- 43h5zqt 2y agoEven the Python2 => Python3 translation with the automated tool "2to3" wasn't a great success. Why would Javascript => Python even work? The best tool is a manual translation.
- andybak 2y agoI think many people will disagree with you on this. (and just to clarify - automated/manual is not a binary choice)