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I’ve been debating a lot of people on that last point. A lot of anti slop professors want to bring the debate back around to the mechanical process of coding.
by mckn1ght 1mo ago
I’ve been debating a lot of people on that last point.
A lot of anti slop professors want to bring the debate back around to the mechanical process of coding. I think that’s misguided.
To me, building software is about understanding the users’ needs, knowing what UI patterns work well, how to integrate into the larger platform ecosystem, and ultimately, solving the problems the users have.
Making it about debugging arcane, temporary idiosyncrasies in the platform, 3rd party tools etc is like telling writers they should typeset their own book on a printing press.
- nojvek 1mo agoYeah but to build a great user experience, one ought to understand some internals about the browser or the mobile sdks. LLMs build so much slop without much regard for mobile responsiveness or accessibility. Or coherent design systems. Get a huge domaine hit from a prototype. The real struggle comes from maintaining the app, growing user base, making sure it’s reliable and performant. Personally I find that vibe apps are great at prototyping. For a long lived app, deffo needs a lot of human guidance. One must have good taste to guide LLMs.