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> they have encyclopedic knowledge at a superficial level, the approximate judgement and maturity of a teenager, and the short-term memory of a parakeet. If I a
by prmph 6mo ago
> they have encyclopedic knowledge at a superficial level, the approximate judgement and maturity of a teenager, and the short-term memory of a parakeet. If I ask for something, I get the statistical average opinion of a bunch of goons, unconstrained by context or common sense or taste.
Love this paragraph; it's exactly how I feel about the LLMs. Unless you really know what you are doing, they will produce very sub-optimal code, architecturally speaking. I feel like a strong acumen for proper software architecture is one of the main things that defines the most competent engineers, along with naming things properly. LLMs are a long, long way from having architectural taste
- flyinglizard 6mo agoTry asking to review your code as if it were Linus Torvalds. No, really.
- sarchertech 6mo agoI’ve tried that. I’ve experimented with a whole council of 13 personas including many famous developers. It’s definitely different. But it’s hasn’t performed significantly better in my tests.