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No I don’t agree. Just because it’s « boilerplate », that does not mean it’s worthless or doesn’t carry novelty. There is « boilerplate » in building many thin
by shinycode 7mo ago
No I don’t agree. Just because it’s « boilerplate », that does not mean it’s worthless or doesn’t carry novelty.
There is « boilerplate » in building many things, house, cars etc where to add real new stuff it’s « always the same base » but you have to nail that base and there is real value in it. With craft and deep knowledge and pride.
Every project is different and not everything can be made from a generic out-of-shelf product
- jimnotgym 7mo agoA house doesn't seem a good example, because it is made of physical things. from foundations import ConcreteStrip ConcreteStrip(x,y,z) Doesn't work for houses
- shinycode 7mo agoThere isn’t just concrete in a house. There is hundreds of things that could vary from house to house (even country to country and laws) so it’s more like the building blocs are not only imports of lib but the language itself (raw materials) which makes it a fit analogy for me
- BoredomIsFun 7mo ago> Just because it’s « boilerplate », that does not mean it’s worthless Of course it is not. It is needed, by definition. > or doesn’t carry novelty. Of course it does not. Why would a piece of code that simply fills a large C structure with constants be innovative? > Every project is different and not everything can be made from a generic out-of-shelf product Tangential to use of LLMs for boring boilerplate stuff.