Comment by BowBun
5 hours ago
I feel like the difference is minimal, if not entirely dismissable. Code in this sense is just a representation of the same information as someone would write in an .md file. The resolution changes, and that's where both detail and context are lost.
I'm not against TDD or verification-first development, but I don't think writing that as code is the end-goal. I'll concede that there's millions of lines of tests that already exist, so we should be using those as a foundation while everything else catches up.
I can assure you the difference is infinite.
It’s like describing your kitchen as “I want a kitchen” - where are the knives? Where’s the stove? Answer: wherever the stochastic parrot decided to put them this time, which may or may not be where they ended up last time you pulled your LLM generate-me-a-kitchen lever.
Don’t like the layout? Let’s reroll! ($$$)
Or, design your kitchen the way you like it with, let’s see here, a detailed plan. Iterate on the plan then lock it in at the most detailed level. Then your decisions stay put.