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Using AI to write better code more slowly
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Re: Using AI to write better code more slowly
#442Earlier quoted context omitted.
And then Anthropic has an outage and you what...have a coffee break until then? All that time babysitting the AIs just to be a little faster but probably with less knowledge/control over what they did?
What do you do when your search engine goes down?
My computer has man pages. They're usually pretty great!
failing that, most of the APIs i use are open source, so i can read the code anyway.
Re: Using AI to write better code more slowly
#443Each time a new technology comes around, we seem to forget all the lessons we learned before. We them re-learn them again, much more quickly and just as painfully. The same thing happened with crypto. Crypto started with some correct assumptions like "online services that stop working when it's a holiday are ridiculous", "it should be possible to send money to a friend without your government knowing about it", or "m…
> it should be possible to send money to a friend without your government knowing about it
except the majority use case for this is crime and if you send it to the wrong person there is no way to reverse it by calling the bank (who also doesn't know where you are spending it under $10,000)
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#444As a junior, i do actually enjoy going back and forth with the AI discussing different ways to implement something and exploring alternatives. More often than not, I'd have an architectural idea that I'm not that confident in. The process of talking with the LLM takes a long time but it helps me sharpen the initial approach or even come up with a new one depending on the requirements.
Be sure to explicitly ask for critiques or alternatives. In my experience the machine is really susceptible to a sort of anchoring effect.
I've noticed that too, once you get an initial implementation it seems to always find a way to argue for keeping that approach in the name of simplicity
Like "Let's stick with what we have, its simple and it works." or "That seems overkill, let's not over complicate things"
Re: Using AI to write better code more slowly
#445Earlier quoted context omitted.
Be sure to explicitly ask for critiques or alternatives. In my experience the machine is really susceptible to a sort of anchoring effect.
In this vein, I have a system level memory for Claude to push back and give me direct feedback when possible. So far a success as it helps cut through the sycophancy.
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Re: Using AI to write better code more slowly
#446if you are getting paid hourly, what incentive is there to use AI and get paid for less hours?
Re: Using AI to write better code more slowly
#447Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do you do when your search engine goes down?
My computer has man pages. They're usually pretty great! failing that, most of the APIs i use are open source, so i can read the code anyway.
you could also run a local LLM to browse your endless manpages efficiently ;)
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#450Earlier quoted context omitted.
"yes exactly. Too many people ask AI to one-shot complex tasks, and wonder it behaves like a junior asked to rush something." Because this version of AI is worth 10 trillion dollars. While the pragmatic versions from realists you can find all over this thread are ultimately probably less of a speed boost than just having your CEO/local micromanager be conveniently on vacation during critical periods when the work act…
"Because this version of AI is worth 10 trillion dollars." i wonder how much the real version of AI is worth. I've got a hinch we're going to find out pretty soon.
Probably still a lot. If not, then all of these people who praise them are just bad developers.