Comment by draxil
8 hours ago
I think that's an optimistic interpretation of how good LLMs are?
But I think the reality is: LLMs democratise access to coding. In a way this decreases the market for complete solutions, but massively increases the audience for building blocks.
That you get no credit for open sourcing. Why would creators spend time anymore?
> LLMs democratise access to coding
by making the world dependent on 3, fascist adjacent, US tech companies?
I didn't know Mistral, Z.ai, Qwen, and Deepseek were all fascist adjacent US tech companies.
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>LLMs democratise access to coding
Vibe coders don't code, they let code. So LLMs democratise access to coders.
Closed-source models aren't "democratizing" access to anything. If you wanted to hire a contractor to write some code for you, that's always been possible.
Part of democracy is that it's available to all citizens, and not just for the rich. Yes, it's always been possible to find someone, but not for $200/month that will work tirelessly wherever you want them to. 9:00 am Monday? great. 7pm Tuesday? Also great. 4 am on Sunday? Just as great, for an LLM.
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