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The point was they trained to be a runner, not a cyclist.

• ordersofmag 3mo ago
  But the metaphorical goal is to cover distance not get fit or to make the best use of what you trained for. A trained runner on a bike is faster than a trained runner. At least if the metaphor is about coding as a means to creating usefully functional code as efficiently as possible. Careful coding by hand may eventually be a hobby activity. Personally, while I do get some satisfaction in coding by hand it was always the production of something useful that I found most rewarding. I was never someone who wrote code for a hobby. With LLM's I'm more productive. And I find that very satisfying.
  • skydhash 3mo ago
    > A trained runner on a bike is faster than a trained runner. Not true if they kept going the wrong direction.