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What if this is true? And then we as a developer community are focused on the wrong thing to increase productivity? Like what if by focusing on LLMs for produc
by softwaredoug 1y ago
What if this is true? And then we as a developer community are focused on the wrong thing to increase productivity?
Like what if by focusing on LLMs for productivity we just reinforce old-bad habits, and get into a local maxima... And even worse, what if being stuck with current so-so patterns, languages, etc means we don't innovate in language design, tooling, or other areas that might actually be productivity wins?
- journal 1y agoimagine having interstate highways built in one night you wake up and you have all these highways and roads and everyone is confused what they are and how to use them. using llm is the opposite of boiling frogs because you're not the leader writing, you're just suggesting... i just realized i might not know what im talking about.
- __MatrixMan__ 1y agoWe were stuck near local maxima since before LLM's came on the scene. I figure the same concentration of innovators are gonna innovate, now LLM assisted, and the same concentration of best-practice folk are gonna best-practice--now LLM assisted. Local maxima might get sticker, but greener pastures will be found more quickly than ever. I expect it'll balance.
- softwaredoug 1y agoHonestly the biggest hindrance of developer productivity right now is probably perpetual, looming layoffs, not lacking AI, tools, programming languages, etc :)