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That's a terrible analogy. It's more like using a typewriter where the job is calligraphy. I use LLMs at work all the time, and it truly does feel like somebod
by SmasherEpilepti 1mo ago
That's a terrible analogy. It's more like using a typewriter where the job is calligraphy.
I use LLMs at work all the time, and it truly does feel like somebody else coding for me, and me reviewing, cleaning up, and asking for changes. It's really not my work, nor is it my code, but I'm still fine bringing it in.
I also don't use LLMs on my personal code done in my free time because I want my brain to still be fully functional in a few years.
- cdelsolar 1mo agoI still use LLMs on personal code as well because I can build way more of it and I have way too many open source projects
- tmountain 1mo agoThere are lots of ways to have a fully functional brain besides writing code manually…
- SmasherEpilepti 1mo agoYes, and all of them involve exercising your mind regularly. I could let LLMs do my personal projects for me and then try to make up the difference with brain teasers, language learning, etc. I choose to exercise my mind because I still love programming, including writing my own code. I suspect that a lot of people who are going full hog on LLMs aren't actually making up the difference, and are simply offloading their thinking. I choose to not be one of those. I'll use them at work because they make me faster and most of the code is already not mine. It's a means to an end. My personal projects are for the fun and love of programming, not just to have some software in the end.