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Another way of viewing it would be that LLMs allow software developers to focus their development skills where it actually matters (correctness, architecture et

by lxgr 1y ago

Another way of viewing it would be that LLMs allow software developers to focus their development skills where it actually matters (correctness, architecture etc.), rather than wasting hours catering to the framework or library of the day’s configuration idiosyncrasies. That stuff kills my motivation to solve actual problems like nothing else. Being able to send off an agent to e.g. fix some build script bug so that I can get to the actual problem is amazing even with only a 50% success rate.

iLoveOncall 1y ago
The path forward here is to have better frameworks and libraries, not to rely on a random token generator.
- djeastm 1y ago
  >better frameworks and libraries I feel like the past few decades of framework churn has shown that we're really never going to agree on what this means
- lxgr 1y ago
  Sure, will you write them for me? Otherwise, I’ll continue using what works for me now.
blks 1y ago
You still have to review and understand changes that your “AI agent” did. If you don’t review and fully understand everything it does, then I fear for your project.