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Comment by dnautics

6 hours ago

yep. as an expert programmer there are things i did not have access to. for example, i have an embedded-lite hardware project that required a one line patch to a linux kernel Module.

i know what a kernel module is and im reasonably certain that the patch is safe, but there is no way in hell i would have found that solution (i would have given up). in a world without llms, the project would have died.

I really hope that you have gone over what the LLM decides to do.

Time and time again I've had a project (such as a DSL to SQL compiler, automatic Rust codegen, CSS development) stall because the LLM took a short sighted decision.

I later found better solutions by querying Reddit and upon consulting the LLM, it basically said "oh shit I'm sorry"

  • We have all had that experience, that's just the way this new world is.

    It's honestly pretty arrogant to tell a senior engineer that you "really hope" they've gone over some code. AI generated or otherwise.

    • Sorry. I forgot to add to add the respect form

      I really hope usted checked your code

      At this point I'm pretty sure I did the homework for people in college who are now senior engineers