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Software development usability has always been measured in mean time before black-box failure: something misbehaves that the person can't fix or understand. LL
by w10-1 7mo ago
Software development usability has always been measured in mean time before black-box failure: something misbehaves that the person can't fix or understand.
LLM's shorten that time for every application and every user, but particularly for users from professions that haven't built modeling or debugging skills because they rely on physical reality - like pipes fitting or process supervision - to weed out non-performers.
Hiring for LLM-enhanced work should focus on debugging skills in unknown situations.
- pron 7mo agoExcept I find that agents are much better at debugging than writing code. When the code gets to the state where the agents can no longer debug it and keep it running (as happened in Anthropic's failed C compiler attempt) humans will likely not be able to save the situation (in an efficient way). And without careful human supervision from the start, the code ultimately gets to that place.