jdw64

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I don't think it's bad to manually retype code as a way of learning. Isn't a working program itself the best textbook? It's just a difference in learning methods. Depending on Stack Overflow is also a dependency, and sea
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Your main target seems to be the view that software quality is a matter of 'aesthetic intuition,' but I see it differently. I think because it's 'engineering,' there must be measurable indicators. Executable specifi
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>You’re only able to gauge the quality of what you do know. That's not true. You can follow the logic step by step, search for similar domains, and form a comparison group. Realistically, if we take this logic to its conclusion, it&
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I think there are far more people who can't write better code than an LLM. Of course, there are a few exceptions, but it's a fact that LLMs are already handling PhD-level mathematics and papers. I also think I write better code th
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This method doesn't seem bad. Realistically, LLMs write code much better than most people. In my domain, there are areas where I still write better code than an LLM, especially when it comes to physical constraints it might not underst
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Why do people use Gen AI for writing? What's the motivation? For academic papers, it's probably citation metrics and the number of publications. For novels, it's likely economic factors. If those factors disappear, would peop
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Just try it out and explore a few different layers you're interested in. The ACM curriculum focuses more on kernels, OS, and compilers rather than the application layer. It's great for understanding principles, but making money of
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I'm fine with reading AI edited content as long as the author is credible and trustworthy. Unless a reliable author keeps getting exposed... Because there's so much GENAI content on websites these days that I don't really hav
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And the 'monad' that functional programmers always talk about—same story. In C#, they encourage monadic composition by chaining errors. But about 15 years ago, that wasn't the case. Back then, if there was no value → null. No
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Right, there were examples like Singleton and baseController. We moved from ambient/global dependency access to explicit constructor injection and Composition Root, didn't we? Application entry points use Composition Root now, but
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The real problem is that we forget that there was a lot of bad code in the early days. When I studied books from 10 to 15 years ago, the patterns that were considered 'common practice' back then would be considered low-quality cod
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I think this is a complex issue. If there were a need for a new open-source OS to replace Linux, it would be used then. Once infrastructure becomes entrenched, the cost of dismantling or replacing it becomes enormous. So you might argue: &#
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Senior, I respect your opinion. I think your skills are so advanced that you don't feel the impact as much. That's a different perspective. >I am delighted by the piece of software I use. Those moments are rare and far between,
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I don't think so. GPT CODEX and Claude Code are already saying they use AI in their own codebases, and they have huge numbers of active users. Can that really be called a failure? In my view, it's just that the existing infrastruc
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I agree with the point that a prototype is not technology, but the problem is that the argument limits gen AI code to just prototyping. I also think prototyping and production are different, but the boundary between what is a prototype and
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In today's massive applications, the number of people who can see the entire structure is very limited—yet commercial applications still work. And I think GPT Codex and the products from AI companies are, at least for now, working reas
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Honestly, I'm scared too. I think both of our countries lack opportunities. If you look at intergenerational mobility, we're pretty similar on average. But on the flip side, I also believe that if you catch the new wave well, you
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I've seen too many similar posts on Hacker News. From 2025 to 2026, I've seen countless articles with titles like 'The Prototype Isn't the Product.' I think these are defensive mechanisms, a kind of lullaby for the
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I'm just trying to Exit.
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This is shocking. The summary is roughly this: we're just labeling internal operations of the model as 'UNDERSTAND' for our convenience. It's fascinating. Doesn't that mean AI could become far more revolutionary by
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Maybe old methodologies will be discarded and new ones will emerge. Thinking back, when I first started teaching myself programming, I didn't know what to learn, so I explored the history of programming and organized it as I went. One
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I think being able to view it as a graph would make things much faster. Because choosing to use AI means you're taking on work that exceeds your own cognitive limits. For small tasks, you don't need AI. You can produce high-qualit
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I don't think we should homage GUI for AI agent workflows. The terminal and Mac GUI are 100% deterministic when you click an icon, but I'm not sure if visualizing agent workflows is the right call. The problem is that AI workflows
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by jdw64 3mo ago
Your logic is far better than mine. I have nothing to say. senior. sir. But I do wonder: is human-written code ever truly original? They say imitation is the mother of creation. If LLM-generated(GEN AI) code can be sufficiently transformed,
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So I wonder if someday the GNU faction will release an LLM trained entirely on publicly available data. I'm a bit curious about that.
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But looking at the history of the free software movement, it seems like they should actually be embracing LLMs. It's interesting how differently people think. The starting point of GNU was that Unix was expensive and costly for researc
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>Why is anyone not surprised that some folks are not enthusiastically building their own gallows? Their way of putting it is funny. I like this person's opinion, but I disagree with it. It's just their own framework, but I thin
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What I've noticed is that AI excels at tasks that are self-contained within a specific logical framework, like coding, writing, and mathematics. But conversation isn't self-contained and requires too much contextual information, w
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These days, I find it hard to predict the future. Things feel too complex, and the times seem different. People say the AI bubble will burst, and I also think it will. But I want to think about how it might differ from other bubbles. One po
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First, I upvoted your comment. I consider it the cost of hearing insights from someone with 30 years of experience. But I don't agree. The reason is that the compiler's mechanical contract is 'deterministic.' AI, on the

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