• Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
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    12 days ago

    So in other words… it’s a big deal to people who don’t know how to do a lot of stuff.

    I actually know how to write software, and I refuse to work on any code an LLM has touched. Critical thinking is one of the most important parts of programming, and LLMs can’t do it. That results in broken spaghetti code that’s a nightmare to fix, because the AI never stopped to think about maintainability, low coupling, or the actual purpose of the software. It can’t stop and think.

    If Berm Peak would rather use AI than hire a software developer or write his own code, then I hope all of Berm Peak’s customers use AI to fix their bikes instead of going to him.

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      12 days ago

      . it’s a big deal to people who don’t know how to do a lot of stuff.

      It’s also a big deal to the extremely competent developers. The other person I saw use AI which makes me want to try it is Limor Fried. I watched one of her videos where she input a 50 page microcontroller pdf and got useable io mapping header files for her c code. Matching pins to ports in a doc that’s spreads the info out across many pages is a huge grind.

      It’s not like I’m illiterate, but I’m open to using a plastic ball point pen instead of catching and killing a goose to make my own quill.