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Re: r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming

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Post by voxl »

minhaz23 wrote: post #24
BoredPositron wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ignorance isn't bliss. They never had a downturn yoy in their userbase yet.

But hasnt it gone down in quality with broader mainstream appeal, more ai slop, and just general self promotion? I feel like a lot of niche communities have also lost their core or original user bases that are not as active any more or it could just be me? For example off the top of my head not digging too deep, r/juststart used to be very high signal and strongly moderated but now not so much. But, on the other hand…

You think this place, the people in my circles infamously refer to as the "orange site", is considered a bastion of good conversation among the people that don't frequent it?

Re: r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming

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Post by kennywinker »

wuiheerfoj wrote: post #25
mudkipdev wrote: post #16

There can't be any interesting discussion about AI programming. Every conversation boils down to what skill files you use, or how Opus 4.6 compares to Codex, or how well you can manage 16 parallel agents.

I disagree and you could reduce basically anything to this: 'there can‘t be any interesting discussion about React. Every conversation boils down to which framework you use or how you manage state or whether you use typescript or javascript‘

All of those are opinions about programming. Which framework, which language, etc.

Conversations about which model to use aren’t conversations about programming.

A better analogy would be some topic that you can’t discuss without it boiling down to which text editor you should use. It’s related to programming, a little. But it’s not programming.

Re: r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming

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Post by johnfn »

mudkipdev wrote: post #16

There can't be any interesting discussion about AI programming. Every conversation boils down to what skill files you use, or how Opus 4.6 compares to Codex, or how well you can manage 16 parallel agents.

There genuinely is a lot of interesting discussion to be had about LLMs, and I know this is true because I discuss things with my coworkers daily and learn a lot. I do admit that conversation online about LLMs is frequently lacking. I think it's a bit like politics - everyone has an opinion about it, so unfortunately online discourse devolves to the lowest common denominator. Hey guys, have you noticed that if you use LLMs frequently it's possible you'll forget to think critically?

But "there can't be any interesting discussion about AI programming" is completely false.

Re: r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming

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Post by xboxnolifes »

faserx wrote: post #32

/r/horsecarriage bans all discussion of cars /r/assembly bans all discussion of 4GL LLM programming isn't going away by not talking about it. It's time to move on, and eventually considering farming.

/r/horsecarriages banning discussion of cars makes sense though. It's not a horse carriage. If you want to discuss cars, go to /r/cars.

Re: r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming

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Post by adi_kurian »

simianwords wrote: post #27

There’s something off about Reddit. Either I grew up or it became hollow from within. Just angry people scolding each other all the time. There are some true gems however but usually in smaller focused subreddits.

Think any platform becomes terrible over time once it hits a certain level of mass appeal. I loved Reddit and Quora in 2010.

Re: r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming

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Post by schnitzelstoat »

simianwords wrote: post #27

There’s something off about Reddit. Either I grew up or it became hollow from within. Just angry people scolding each other all the time. There are some true gems however but usually in smaller focused subreddits.

Yeah, the smaller subreddits are good. The problem is it’s basically killed off alternative forums.

I never thought I’d miss vBulletin so much.

Re: r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming

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Post by austin-cheney »

wuiheerfoj wrote: post #25
mudkipdev wrote: post #16

There can't be any interesting discussion about AI programming. Every conversation boils down to what skill files you use, or how Opus 4.6 compares to Codex, or how well you can manage 16 parallel agents.

I disagree and you could reduce basically anything to this: 'there can‘t be any interesting discussion about React. Every conversation boils down to which framework you use or how you manage state or whether you use typescript or javascript‘

That is exactly why I left reddit. r/javascript had almost completely abandoned JavaScript discussions for React and Angular while r/programming was half filled with irrational JavaScript fear nonsense.

Re: r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming

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Post by pscanf »

I gave up on r/programming after an article I wrote (thoughtfully, without AI, even though the content might not have been super interesting) got mod-slapped with a stickied comment "This content is low quality, stolen, blogspam, or clearly AI generated".

Ironically, that comment was added three months after I posted the article, when it was nowhere near the front page anymore, in a clearly automated and AI-driven review.

Still salty about it.

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