The future of software development is software developers

Post by dw_arthur » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 4:27 PM UTC

sevensor wrote: post #351

jader201 wrote: post #320

I feel like the comments/articles that continue to point out how LLMs cannot solve complex problems are missing a few important points: 1. LLMs are only getting better from here. With each release, we continue to see improvements in their capabilities. And strong competition is driving this innovation, and will probably not stop anytime soon. Much of the world is focused on this right now, and therefore much of the w…

> Our careers depend on LLMs not being able to solve complex problems so that we don’t risk/fear losing our careers I think both this sentiment and the article are on the same wrong track, which is to see programming as solving well defined problems. The way I see it, the job is mostly about taking ill defined needs and turning them into well defined problems. The rest is just writing code. From this perspective, whe…

Post by alexwhb » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

jimbo808 wrote: post #313

alexwhb wrote: post #312

As much as my first gut reaction to this article was to be excited about its conclusion, I can’t say my experience matches up. Are LLMs perfect? Absolutely not, but I can point to many examples in my own work where using Codex has saved me easily a week or more—especially when it comes to tedious refactors. I don’t agree with the conclusion; the real-world improvement and progress I’ve seen in the last year in the pr…

> but I can point to many examples in my own work where using Codex has saved me easily a week or more Care to share a few of these examples?

Post by dent9 » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 4:31 PM UTC

baq wrote: post #346

dent9 wrote: post #290

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I've been using Codex and Claude Sonnet for many months now for personal (Codex) and work (Sonnet) and I agree. Three months ago these tools were highly usable, now with Codex 5.2 and Sonnet 4.5 I think we're at the point where you can confidently rely on them to analyze your repo codebase and solve, at the very least, small scoped problems and apply any required refactor back throughout the codebase. 6-12+ months ag…

Sonnet is dumb as a bag of bricks compared to Opus, perhaps you meant Opus? I never use sonnet for anything anymore, it’s either too verbose or just can’t handle tasks which Opus one shots.

Post by JeremyNT » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 4:44 PM UTC

solaire_oa wrote: post #356

Most people in this thread are quibbling about the exact degree of utility LLMs provide, which a tedious argument. What's more interesting to me is, per the article, the concern regarding everyone who is leaning into LLMs without realizing (or downplaying) the exorbitant, externalized cost. Our current LLM usage is being subsidized to the point of being free by outside investment. One day when the well runs dry, you…

Post by threethirtytwo » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 4:47 PM UTC

elktown wrote: post #309

threethirtytwo wrote: post #299

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First examine your post. Can you create a 3D avatar with legs that can walk and talk? If not, then for this area you’ve been steam rolled. Anyway main point is, you’re looking at the hype headlines which are ludicrous. Where most optimists come from is that they are using it in the daily to code. To them it’s right in front of their eyes. I’m not sure what your experience is but my opinion on AI doesn’t come from spe…

I have a hard time trusting the judgement of someone writing this: > I no longer write code. I’ve been a swe for over a decade. AI writes all my code following my instructions. My code output is now expected to be 5x what it was before because we are now augmented by AI. All my coworkers use AI. We don’t use ChatGPT we use anthropic. If I didn’t use AI I would be fired for being too slow. https://news.ycombinator.com…