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I don't mean to be dismissive, but aren't you describing simply working on projects with a finite amount of human hours/capital, but substituting finite amount
by croon 6mo ago
I don't mean to be dismissive, but aren't you describing simply working on projects with a finite amount of human hours/capital, but substituting finite amount of tokens? I recognize all of those problems as project problems long before LLMs, so I'm not sure it addresses GPs point.
- simonw 6mo agoTwo key skills for any software engineer are prioritization and estimation. You need to be able to estimate how long an approach is likely to take in order to correctly prioritize your work. Coding agents throw a wrench in this because some of the stuff that used to take a long time doesn't take a long time any more. I'm finding my 25+ years of experience in estimating software has been completely thrown off - it's taking a whole lot of work for me to start building up those intuitions about what's quick and what takes a long time.