Comment by voidUpdate
4 days ago
If you keep asking an LLM to generate the same repetitive implementations, why not just have a basic project already set up that you can modify as needed?
4 days ago
If you keep asking an LLM to generate the same repetitive implementations, why not just have a basic project already set up that you can modify as needed?
Yeah, I don't really get this
Most boilerplate I write has a template that I can copy and paste then run a couple of "find and replace" on and get going right away
This is not a substantial blocker or time investment that an AI can save me imo
YMMV. No boilerplate is exactly the same, there is usually some level of business logic or customization. With current gen I can point to a couple different files, maybe db models, and write a quick spec in 30 seconds and let it run in the background implementing the backend routes I want. I can do other valuable things in parallel, I can also point it to my FE to implement the api calls to the BE. It’s for me much quicker than a template which I am still customizing.
Is it a substantial blocker? Nope, but it’s like I outsourced all the boilerplate by writing a sentence or two.
It is though, because it can do a pretty good job of every template.
I remember what I revelation it was a million years ago or so when rails came along with its "scaffold". That was a huge productivity boost. But it just did one specific thing, crud MVC.
Now we have a pretty decent "scaffold" capability, but not just for crud MVC, but for anything you can describe or point to examples of.
The LLM is doing the modifications and specific nuance that I want. Saves me time, ymmv.
Because they are similar and repetitive, but not identical.