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I'm curious what kind of prompts people are doing to get 'dumb' ideas out of Fable
by anentropic 2mo ago
I'm curious what kind of prompts people are doing to get 'dumb' ideas out of Fable
- Frannky 2mo agoIt's usually one of two things. First, I say I want to build this system solving this problem with these requirements, what do you suggest? It suggests X, then I say, "Hmm, why not Y?" and it goes, "Oh yeah, Y is better," etc. It's similar to the situation where you ask whether you should walk or take the car to go refill the car with gas. I feel LLMs have a linearity embedded in them that prevents them from finding non-linear, smart solutions, especially when data is scarce. They can probably get it done, but with far more complex solutions, which increases the risk of ending up with a crazy complex codebase when it could have been much simpler and more elegant. The other situation is when I spot a problem or a feature change that's needed after experiencing the product, and I ask how to change the codebase, it suggests something, I say "why not this other thing," and then we do the other thing.
- conception 2mo agoIt’s a tool that does what you want not an opinionated senior dev. Ask it to research and do an evaluation on the pros and cons of choosing X over Y and it will do a fair job.