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> I don't think you are arguing in good faith here. Funny coming from a guy using Linus saying "There's no doubt AI is useful today" and interpreting that as "
by iLoveOncall 3mo ago
> I don't think you are arguing in good faith here.
Funny coming from a guy using Linus saying "There's no doubt AI is useful today" and interpreting that as "Yeah last year AI coding agents were garbage but now they're really useful".
There's no denying AI is useful. I use AI, my project at work is all about using LLMs. They're even useful for coding, when I don't give a fuck about the quality of the output (which is almost never in a work scenario).
But to claim that there has been some magical shift late last year is simply laughable. Anyone working as a software engineer and claims that is either lying to themselves or simply bad.
Oh and don't try with the "you're not prompting it right".
- simonw 3mo agoOK, you won't except Linus. How about DHH, Max, Nolan, Steve, Mitchell, and those five HN commenters? Or to strengthen the case for Linus, here he is on June 16th 2926 saying: https://youtu.be/YKkEe-PxW10?t=1687 https://youtu.be/YKkEe-PxW10?t=1687 > we certainly saw more junk being generated by LLMs than we saw useful code up until the like early this year
- 3ff3 3mo ago[dead]
- wolvesechoes 3mo ago> How about DHH, Max, Nolan, Steve, Mitchell Oh yes, dev celebs that rely on constant validation through social media. Very reliable source of data.
- simonw 3mo agoOK, now do ACS_Solver, suzzer99, IshKebab, smrtinsert, and qarl2.
- simianwords 3mo agoWhat about Uncle Bob of clean code? This is a bit embarrassing for you.
- wolvesechoes 3mo agoUncle Bob was a dev celeb before there were dev celebs.
- simianwords 3mo agoSo far you have ignored celebs/stalwarts and normal people as well. So it is quite convenient to draw boundary that exactly includes people like you