3 ms·
Software development is only 70ish years old and somehow we have already forgotten the very very first thing we learned. "Just get bulletproof specs that every
by mrguyorama 8mo ago
Software development is only 70ish years old and somehow we have already forgotten the very very first thing we learned.
"Just get bulletproof specs that everyone agrees on" is why waterfall style software development doesn't work.
Now suddenly that LLMs are doing the coding, everyone believes that changes?
- interestpiqued 8mo agoI’m confused, are you saying that making a design plan and high level spec before hand doesn’t work?
- unselect5917 8mo agoI've seen it happen. Things that seem reasonable on a spec paper, then you go to implement and you realize it's contradictory or utter nonsense.
- interestpiqued 7mo agoI mean yeah it happens all the time but you need to start somewhere. But I worked in safety critical self driving firmware and rtl verification before that, so documentation was a necessity