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I just like to know things and learn them. If I’m encountering a new framework I want to spend time learning it. Every problem I overcome on my own improves m
by agentultra 2y ago
I just like to know things and learn them.
If I’m encountering a new framework I want to spend time learning it.
Every problem I overcome on my own improves my skills. And I like that.
GenAI takes that away. Makes me a passive observer. Tempts me to accept convenience with a mask of improved productivity. When, in the long term, it doesn’t do anything for me except rob me of my skills.
The real productivity gains for me would come from better programming languages.
- _heimdall 2y agoWe've collectively spent decades trading almost anything in favor of convenience. LLMs will be the same, and AI if we get there. I'm of the opinion that we'd be a lot better off if convenience was a lot further down our priority list.
- furyofantares 2y ago> GenAI takes that away. Not for me. Put me at a company with a codebase in technology Z and I can learn it MUCH faster than starting from the docs. I will still read the docs, but everything goes far, far faster if you start me out in an existing codebase. You can use GenAI the same way. Get a codebase that's doing a thing you're interested in immediately and dive right in. You do not HAVE to be tempted into being a passive observer, you can use it as a kickstart instead.