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In your opinion where is the line on where LLMs are useful/harmful to learning? In my school projects I've found them super useful for working with libraries.
by calepayson 4mo ago
In your opinion where is the line on where LLMs are useful/harmful to learning?
In my school projects I've found them super useful for working with libraries. In the past it felt like the theory I learned was pretty low impact. 80% of my time was spent learning the quirks of a library. Now it feels like I can take theory and iterate over a ton of different solutions without having to worry about learning whatever library the professor requires. Basically I'm I feel like it lets me spend more time learning the thing I want to learn rather than all the busywork around it. Would be curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
- rahimnathwani 4mo agoIf you don't want to improve your ability to work with new libraries, then that's your decision.
- smcg 4mo agoI thought this was one of the most important skills to have early in my career.
- rahimnathwani 4mo agoYup!
- numeri 4mo agoI would just warn that you may not be able to recognize what is worth learning at your stage. Intuition for library design and the architecture of software packages/external APIs is something you can only learn by doing.