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> How do I feel, about all the code I wrote that was ingested by LLMs? I feel great to be part of that, because I see this as a continuation of what I tried to
by chrz 8mo ago
> How do I feel, about all the code I wrote that was ingested by LLMs? I feel great to be part of that, because I see this as a continuation of what I tried to do all my life: democratizing code, systems, knowledge. LLMs are going to help us to write better software, faster, and will allow small teams to have a chance to compete with bigger companies.
You might feel great, thats fine, but I dont.
And software quality is going down, I wouldn't agree that LLMs will help write better software
- epolanski 8mo ago> I wouldn't agree that LLMs will help write better software Your statement makes no sense. Even if you don't let LLMs author a single line of your code, they can still review it, find edge cases you didn't think about or suggest different approaches. The fact that AI allows lots of slop, does not negate its overall utility in good informed hands.
- sesm 8mo agoThe balance between 'find edge cases' and 'hallucinate non-existing cases and waste your time' may be negative. LLMs are also not free, they cost significant money even today, when they are subsidized by marketing budget.
- epolanski 8mo agoEven an hallucinated non-existing case (which isn't the norm in my experience) is still food for thought.
- Madmallard 8mo agoIt was already shown repeatedly in GitHub repositories in the last year that authors are really unhappy with AI generated pull-requests and test cases.
- epolanski 8mo agoI am not invested in anything, I am merely sharing my personal experience.
- sesm 8mo agoA tarot layout is also a food for thought, but it's free ang gives your eyes a break from a computer.
- okdood64 8mo ago> software quality is going down Is there some metric for this?
- inetknght 8mo agoHave you looked around you? Windows, macOS... there's terrible quality software everywhere and it's only getting worse. To be fair, it's been getting worse since before LLMs were a thing.
- hahahahhaah 8mo agoThat is capitalism capitializing. I sorta think it is also the computer going from a geek toy to mass adoption and incentives changing. 3D printers for example are good but if they go mainstream they'll become like HP 2D printers on the enshittification axis