Codebase is 250% AI generated
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Codebase is 250% AI generated
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Re: Codebase is 250% AI generated
#2A great post by someone who is putting Claude through the paces. Learned a lot about how to use LLMs to assist coding (and what to avoid).
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#3title is nonsense and unsupported by the justification the author attempts to create.
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#4Best way I've found to deal with moderately complex codebases and LLMs is to almost go overboard with splitting things into libraries/reusable components, and let the LLM go wild on each individual component, but I'm 100% of the owner of how all the pieces fit together.
Seems when a project goes beyond a certain scope, LLMs lose the ability of separating what they come across, so everything "blends into a global state" or something, and it'll indirectly be inspired by unrelated things. All LLMs/agents seems to suffer from this more or less, as far as I can tell.
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#5I wish he had real data on lines of code written by AI vs Human using WakaTime, instead of guessing the 98% number.
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#6Is there any way to start banning posts like this if they don't actually link the codebase? There's no point at all in engaging with something like this without a way to judge the real outcomes that have/have not been achieved.
Re: Codebase is 250% AI generated
#7Best way I've found to deal with moderately complex codebases and LLMs is to almost go overboard with splitting things into libraries/reusable components, and let the LLM go wild on each individual component, but I'm 100% of the owner of how all the pieces fit together. Seems when a project goes beyond a certain scope, LLMs lose the ability of separating what they come across, so everything "blends into a global stat…
There was a "movement" in the late 70s or early 80s called structured system design that basically advocated for this approach (though 100% human). You may want to pick up a book or read more about it, as it outlines approaches and things to think about when splitting things up so much.
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#8Very concerning the author is ok with saying “I don’t know how to do this, and I don’t want to learn so I let Claude do it”.
I think a lot of LLM speedups boil down to this (from personal and read experience). Which is fine in some limited use cases, but also the antithesis of a good developer. Your job is to learn how things work if it’s work you’re putting your name behind.
Using LLMs to shortcut the blank page in these scenarios and get you learning faster is the way to go (though sometimes it’ll send you in the absolute wrong direction initially).
> Since then, I have vibecoded every single feature … now, this has lead to a number of hilarious failures
When I was a junior dev I wouldn’t read every line of a PR. Eventually you learn you should be reading lines that aren’t changed in a PR as well as every line that is. The author seems like a smart guy but more of a researcher than somebody I’d pay to build reliable software.
Re: Codebase is 250% AI generated
#9Is there any way to start banning posts like this if they don't actually link the codebase? There's no point at all in engaging with something like this without a way to judge the real outcomes that have/have not been achieved.
Yeah, the ratio of "words in blogposts" to "LOC in public repos" is way out whack.
Re: Codebase is 250% AI generated
#10Very concerning the author is ok with saying “I don’t know how to do this, and I don’t want to learn so I let Claude do it”. I think a lot of LLM speedups boil down to this (from personal and read experience). Which is fine in some limited use cases, but also the antithesis of a good developer. Your job is to learn how things work if it’s work you’re putting your name behind. Using LLMs to shortcut the blank page in…
Oh you're gonna learn how things work, if you stick around long enough. The decision you get to make is whether you'll learn one thing at a time while you're building, or everything all at once under pressure at 2am.