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Did solutions to problems just pop into your head when you were programming before LLMs? Did you not pause and think about the code you were writing before?
by alabhyajindal 3mo ago
Did solutions to problems just pop into your head when you were programming before LLMs? Did you not pause and think about the code you were writing before?
- embedding-shape 3mo agoMost of the time by the time I reach the problem, the solution already been thought of, yeah. The literal typing and editing was behind compared to where my mind wanted to go I suppose. But also I spend long time considering the design/architecture before even attempting to write the code, so most of the time when I was literally typing code I'd know pretty much how it should be. Unknowns-unknowns being explored as separate prototypes before solidifying on any design choices, and so on.
- t-3 3mo agoI think you just have a much narrower definition of programming. Others seem to be including the "long time considering the design/architecture before even attempting to write the code" in the programming, while you are only counting the time spent at the computer. You both agree much more thinking time than typing time is involved, just not that thinking about programming counts as programming.