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AIs have made me realize that I don't actually care about writing code, even though it's all I've done for my entire career. I care about creating stuff. How i

AIs have made me realize that I don't actually care about writing code, even though it's all I've done for my entire career. I care about creating stuff. How it gets from the idea in my brain to running on the computer, is immaterial to me. I really like that I go from idea to reality in half the time.

nomel 9mo ago
Same here, and I also really enjoy the high level design/structure part of it. THAT part doesn't mesh too well with AI, since it's still really bad at autonomous wholistic level planning. I'm still learning how to prompt in a way that results in a structure that is close to what I want/reasonable. I suspect going a more visual block diagram route, to generate some intermediate .md or whatever, might have promise, especially for defining clear bounds/separation of concerns. Related, AI seems to be the wrong tool for refactoring code (I recently spent $50 trying to move four files). So, if whatever structure isn't reasonable, I'm left with manually moving things around, which is definitely un-fun.
- qingcharles 9mo ago
  Definitely go for that middle step. If it's something bigger I get them to draw out a multi-phase plan, then I go through and refine that .md and have them work from that.
- burnerToBetOut 9mo ago
  > …I suspect going a more visual block > diagram route, to generate some > intermediate .md or whatever, might have > promise, especially for defining clear > bounds/separation of concerns… Can confirm [1] So can my automaton bud [2]… _____ MODEL … The Verdict: If you provide a clear instruction like "Before you touch the code, read architecture.puml and ensure your changes do not violate the defined inheritance/dependency structure," the agent will be very effective at following it. If you just "hope" it bears it in mind, it probably won't. _The agent is a tool, not a mind-reader; it will take the shortest path to a passing test unless you wall that path off with your architectural models_. … To make it actually work, you need to turn the UML from a "suggestion" into a "blocker." You should add a section to your AGENTS.md (or CLAUDE.md ) that looks like this: 1. Tool Trigger: By using words like "…" … Why this works: … _____ [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46935979 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46935979 [2] https://g2ww.short.gy/TheMightyBooch https://g2ww.short.gy/TheMightyBooch
hex4def6 9mo ago
Same. I've been exploring some computer vision recognition stuff. Being able to reason through my ideas with an LLM, and make visualizations like t-SNE to show how far apart a coke can and a bag of cheetos are in feature-space has been mind blowing. ("How much of a difference does tint make for recognition? Implement a slider that can show that can regenerate the 512-D features array and replot the chart") It's helping me get an intuitive understanding 10x faster than I could reading a textbook.
pjmlp 9mo ago
Thing with factories, is that only like 25% of the original employees are left to take care of the belt, and remaining actions not covered by the robots. Everyone is hoping to be part of those 25%.

nomel 9mo ago

Same here, and I also really enjoy the high level design/structure part of it. THAT part doesn't mesh too well with AI, since it's still really bad at autonomous wholistic level planning. I'm still learning how to prompt in a way that results in a structure that is close to what I want/reasonable. I suspect going a more visual block diagram route, to generate some intermediate .md or whatever, might have promise, especially for defining clear bounds/separation of concerns. Related, AI seems to be the wrong tool for refactoring code (I recently spent $50 trying to move four files). So, if whatever structure isn't reasonable, I'm left with manually moving things around, which is definitely un-fun.

qingcharles 9mo ago
Definitely go for that middle step. If it's something bigger I get them to draw out a multi-phase plan, then I go through and refine that .md and have them work from that.
burnerToBetOut 9mo ago
> …I suspect going a more visual block > diagram route, to generate some > intermediate .md or whatever, might have > promise, especially for defining clear > bounds/separation of concerns… Can confirm [1] So can my automaton bud [2]… _____ MODEL … The Verdict: If you provide a clear instruction like "Before you touch the code, read architecture.puml and ensure your changes do not violate the defined inheritance/dependency structure," the agent will be very effective at following it. If you just "hope" it bears it in mind, it probably won't. _The agent is a tool, not a mind-reader; it will take the shortest path to a passing test unless you wall that path off with your architectural models_. … To make it actually work, you need to turn the UML from a "suggestion" into a "blocker." You should add a section to your AGENTS.md (or CLAUDE.md ) that looks like this: 1. Tool Trigger: By using words like "…" … Why this works: … _____ [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46935979 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46935979 [2] https://g2ww.short.gy/TheMightyBooch https://g2ww.short.gy/TheMightyBooch

hex4def6 9mo ago

Same. I've been exploring some computer vision recognition stuff. Being able to reason through my ideas with an LLM, and make visualizations like t-SNE to show how far apart a coke can and a bag of cheetos are in feature-space has been mind blowing. ("How much of a difference does tint make for recognition? Implement a slider that can show that can regenerate the 512-D features array and replot the chart") It's helping me get an intuitive understanding 10x faster than I could reading a textbook.

pjmlp 9mo ago

Thing with factories, is that only like 25% of the original employees are left to take care of the belt, and remaining actions not covered by the robots. Everyone is hoping to be part of those 25%.