Comment by bluefirebrand
2 months ago
> Frankly I don't want to spend 2 hours reading documentation just to find out some arcane incantation that gets the computer to do what I want it to do
Then you are just straight up not cut out to be a software developer
The existence of LLMs may reduce the need to slog through documentation, but it will not remove that need
You're welcome to believe what you will, but the fact is I've written code that serves a purpose and provides value to those businesses, and at the end of the day that's is all that matters, not some arbitrary purity test you just made up.
The purpose of programming is to provide value for people, not to read documents.
This isn't some arbitrary purity test
There is more to "providing value" than simply producing working code
Does it have known security exploits built in that you have no idea about because you couldn't be bothered to read documentation?
Is the "value" you provided extremely temporary because someone is going to come along and exploit your shitty LLM generated code to steal all of your client's customer data?
Software Engineering isn't just about writing code it is about understanding what you're building because if you don't, other people will exploit that