Comment by briandw
7 days ago
Just like anything else, stackoverflow, advice from a coworker or expert. If it doesn’t work, it will become clear that it’s not fixing your problem.
7 days ago
Just like anything else, stackoverflow, advice from a coworker or expert. If it doesn’t work, it will become clear that it’s not fixing your problem.
If all you’re doing is ping-ponging back and forth between an expert and an LLM, then what’s your value ?
Don't think what I described was ping-ponging. But if you want to see it that way, go ahead.
To clarify my process. 1) I have a problem in a new domain that I'm stuck on. 2) I work with the LLM to discuss my problem, think about solutions, get things to try. Not unlike StackOverflow or digging through documentation. However this process is much faster and I learn more without being called stupid by random people on SO (or HN). 3) The problem is fixed and I move on, or back to 1 or try something else.
The value here is that I have a problem to solve and I'm seeing it through to the end. I know what good looks like and have the agency and attention span to get there. The LLM doesn't and likely won't for quite some time.