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ncruces | 15 days ago

> I’ve found also AI assisted stuff is remarkable for algorithmically complex things to implement.

AI is really good to rubber duck through a problem.

The LLM has heard of everything… but learned nothing. It also doesn't really care about your problem.

So, you can definitely learn from it. But the moment it creates something you don't understand, you've lost control.

You had one job.

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fnordpiglet|13 days ago

If you’ve worked on a code base built by more than you, you don’t understand and you don’t have control. Part of being an experienced engineer is understanding how to deal with that effectively at scale.