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> Without being glib, I honestly wonder if Fabrice Bellard has started using any LLM coding tools I doubt it. I follow him and look at the code he writes and i
by rdtsc 10mo ago
> Without being glib, I honestly wonder if Fabrice Bellard has started using any LLM coding tools
I doubt it. I follow him and look at the code he writes and it's well thought out and organized. It's the exact opposite of AI slop I see everywhere.
> He codes mostly in C, which I'm sure is mostly "memorized". i.e. if you have been programming in C for a few decades,
C I think he memorized a long time ago. It's more like he keeps the whole structure and setup of the program (the context) in his head and is able to "see it" all and operate on it. He is so good that people are insinuating he is actually "multiple people" or he uses an LLM and so on. I imagine he is quite amused reading those comments.
- MangoToupe 10mo agoStill, humans can only type so quickly. It's not hard to imagine how even a flawless coder could benefit from an llm.
- dmitrygr 10mo ago> humans can only type so quickly Real programming is 0.1% typing. Typing speed is not a limiting factor for any serious development.
- MangoToupe 10mo agoYou're conflating typing with programming. Typing is in fact the limiting factor to serious development.
- bdangubic 10mo agotyping would not make top-100 list of “limiting factors” for serious development.
- lomase 10mo agoIt is if for AI users who can't type code.
- bdangubic 10mo agoI am a heavy AI user and have been typing code for 3 decades :)
- lomase 10mo agoDo you feel called out?
- bdangubic 10mo agonot at all, can’t feel called out by people who don’t have a clue what they are talking about :)
- MangoToupe 10mo agoOk, if you have such insight into development, why not leverage agents to type for you? What sort of problems have you faced that you are able to code against faster than you can articulate to an agent? I have of course found some problems like this myself. But it's such a tiny portion of coding I really question why you can't leverage LLMs to make yourself more productive
- MangoToupe 10mo agoMost coding is better done with agents than with your hands. Coding is the main financial impediment to development. Yes, actually articulating what you want is the hard problem. Yes, there are technical problems that demand real analytical insight and real motivation. But refusing to use agents because you think you can type faster is mistaking typing for your actual skill: reasoning and interpretation.