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> In a world of agents, the expert finds the bug, asks the agent to fix it, realizes that the fix is incorrect because of sloppy thinking, does a few iterations
by Hendrikto 5mo ago
> In a world of agents, the expert finds the bug, asks the agent to fix it, realizes that the fix is incorrect because of sloppy thinking, does a few iterations until the feature works correctly
That would require clearly (a) knowing what you want, and (b) expressing it unambiguously and in detail, including all edge cases. Essentially producing a spec.
Most people are not able to do either. Talking to an LLM does not change that.
- j16sdiz 5mo agobut.. they can iterate real quick! As long as the expert don't run of patience, he may be able to do that. Consider finance sector -- the industry is powered by excel spreadsheets made by non-programmer having no clue how programming works.
- skydhash 5mo agoSpreadsheet is a DSL for finance and a lot of other sectors. But the lack of formal logic capabilities shows when you seen the spreadsheet organization. Most only stand with ducktape all over the place.