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by thunky 6mo ago
He also mentions using it for Python which is minimal boilerplate. And he didn't limit his take to just C code. He said: state of the art LLMs are able to complete large subtasks or medium size projects alone, almost unassisted, given
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by thunky 6mo ago
What you're describing is using it to do something you already can do at an expert level, and you already know exactly what you want the result to look like amd won't accept anything that deviates from what's already in your
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by thunky 6mo ago
I partially agree. I can see the before and after difference in colleague's code. It's night and day. They're doing things now that they either flat out could not do before, or if they did it would be an giant mess (I realize
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by thunky 6mo ago
> when AI eliminates the need for human creativity We haven't needed the overwhelming majority of human creativity. We still paint and play guitar even though it has no economic value. I think we'll continue to do these thin
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by thunky 6mo ago
> AI is just a dumb parrot You really need to look again. If you're still manually writing code you have your head in the sand. AI can produce better code than most devs produce. This is true for easy stuff like crud apps and even m
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by thunky 6mo ago
Sounds like you'd both be happy if the tool produced both.
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by thunky 6mo ago
> The relentless repetition flawlessly locks in their foundational muscle memory and basic swing mechanics If only this were true there wouldn't be an army of duffers who after a lifetime of "training" still dig a trench i
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by thunky 6mo ago
> Ah, here we go again. Every single time Clojure gets mentioned on HN, some clueless egghead comes listing various "issues" without considering holistic, overall experience of using the language for real. Because they effing n
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by thunky 6mo ago
I didn't realize it was a no-no to share opinions here. Plus to be fair we're having this discussion in the context of an article from 2021 that just rose to front page of HN, only to repeat the same set of pros we've been he
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by thunky 6mo ago
> The syntax argument is such a tired argument. It's repeated a lot because it's true. The collective developer world has decided that LISP syntax is not the preference. Good if you prefer it, but you're the in the overwh
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by thunky 6mo ago
speaking of bewilderment, i'm not sure at all what you're getting at here. because programmers suck we should make tools that make it easier for them to suck?
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by thunky 6mo ago
> It's perhaps one of the most "boring in a good way" languages I ever used. this is what i meant by that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47614353
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by thunky 6mo ago
What I meant by that is the metaprogramming capabilities that often get cited for allowing devs to create their own domain specific "mini languages". To me that's a "creative" way to write code because the end resul
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by thunky 6mo ago
I'm glad it works for you and many others and gives you a good living. Nothing wrong with that. I wasn't trying to attack it or anyone that uses it, just stating why I never warmed up to it and projecting why I think it hasn'
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by thunky 6mo ago
Sure that index isn't great (I think it's basically a regurgitation of Google Trends), but I don't think you're suggesting Clojure is actually a popular language are you? Which is the only point I'm trying to make
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by thunky 6mo ago
understood, i'm just pointing out that people seem to prefer the apple over the orange.
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by thunky 6mo ago
i don't think you're wrong necessarily...but rust, golang, zig, mojo, etc are gaining popularity and imo they wouldn't be if they were JVM languages.
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by thunky 6mo ago
yes it's just my opinion. but Clojure's market share is tiny so there must be something to that. it's not even in the top 50 here: https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ . Lisp is 26.
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by thunky 6mo ago
Clojure has some pretty big downsides last i looked: - syntax is hard to read unless you spend a lot time getting used to it - convention for short var names makes it even harder - function definition order makes it even harder - too dynami
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by thunky 6mo ago
People can invest in markets without a 401k with more options (plans commonly have only a handful of funds available) and less fees (both admin fees and inflated fund expense ratios). And you may pay more taxes with a 401k than otherwise de
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by thunky 6mo ago
> It's infuriating. Nearly all of the agentic coding best practices are things that we should have just been doing all along There's a good reason why we didn't though: because we didn't see any obvious value in it. S
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by thunky 6mo ago
It's the user's fault. They vote for this crap with their attention. Junk sites like this shouldn't exist but they do amd aren't going anywhere until people stop using them.
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by thunky 7mo ago
> How do you know whether the tests it’s spits out are bad if you don’t read the tests. I do read the tests (quickly, I admit) and so does OP: Architecture overview sure, and testing yes, but not reading the code directly any more. Rea
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by thunky 7mo ago
> I do regularly read the code that Claude outputs You probably could have s/Claude/Human/ in your rant and been just as accurate. I don't know how many times I've flagged these issues in code reviews. And that&
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by thunky 7mo ago
> If you got a suspicious text, the logical thing is to call up the person who sent it and try to verify it The communication channel is what you trust. So you would call the person using that trusted channel. It's just like when yo
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by thunky 7mo ago
Not disagreeing, but the context of GP was business/economy/hiring. Also it was already possible for someone to impersonate your mother via text or similar, and even easier to pull off.
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by thunky 7mo ago
> damage it will cause to the economy when you can no longer trust that you're on a video call with an actual person What damage are you talking about? I'm not sure I understand why it matters that there is no real person there
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by thunky 7mo ago
> they change the wrong things: usually making the game harder and more frustrating for casual players, in order to cater to pros and streamers Interestingly the pros and streamers have the exact opposite complaint: that they dumb the ga
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by thunky 7mo ago
What I'm saying is that LLMs don't have to do truly novel work in order to be useful. They are useful because the lion's share of all work is a variation on an existing theme (even if the creator may not realize it).
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by thunky 7mo ago
> Still not a novel thing in any meaningful way Right. What you're saying is that barely anyone is doing truly novel work. 100% agree.

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