Comment by mikkupikku
4 months ago
Do you swing a nailgun?
Use the tool according to how it works, not according to how you think it should work.
4 months ago
Do you swing a nailgun?
Use the tool according to how it works, not according to how you think it should work.
Chances are hell is going to freeze over before people start writing verbose q code. Q being less verbose than alternatives is the whole point. Nobody is feeling any pressure to bend over backwards to accommodate the guy who struggles to get by when his LLM can't explain a piece of code to him.
To use your nailgun analogy as an example: Waddling in with your LLM and demanding the q community change is like walking into a clockmaker's workshop with your nailgun and demand they accommodate your chosen tool.
"But I can't fit my nailgun into these tiny spaces you're making, you should build larger clocks with plenty of space for my nailgun to get a good angle!"
No, we're not going to build larger clocks, but you're free to come back with a tiny automatic screwdriver instead. Alternatively you and your nailgun might feel more at home with the construction company across the street.
I'm pretty sure the time will soon come when nobody is trying to accommodate the personal tastes and preferences of developers anymore; languages and tools will be chosen based on how well LLMs work with them, and the way the LLMs are used with those will be determined again by the traits of the tool, not the preferences of the user. Management won't be in the mood to humor devs who are stuck in their old mindset of writing code themselves.
I could be wrong. Time will tell.