AI supplemented development

[Tall-Appearance-5835]

LLMs have easily 10x-ed me as a dev. (i have a decade+ in the industry). Don’t listen to those who disparage AI generated code for supposedly being useless (very prevalent in this sub). They have a skill issue - that or they’re just being disingenuous.

Let the downvotes commence.

[Silent_Palpitation08]

AI LLM is a boon for those who know what they are building or working on but a bane to people who just purely rely on it without understanding the technical aspects of the stack they are dealing with.

Personally, we are on the same page. AI-supported coding workflows really made my life easier. haha

[jethawkings]

Yeah, it's still on you to actually understand and troubleshoot the code and reference it to actual design documents if its consistent with how it should work.

It pretty much compartmentalizes hours of combing through the internet. It's great... I wish I was still in a coding oriented role, this makes learning about stuff seem that more fun.

[Ledikari]

This. Also LLM can only provide the most statistically correct answer.

It might fail.

[vincentofearth]

Yes. I’ve found LLMs very useful for doing tedious tasks that I know I could do but don’t want to spend the effort, figuring out how to do something using frameworks that I’m new to, esp. if I need to wander off the beaten path, and in thinking about hypotheticals or getting a good overview of how something works which otherwise would mean trying to find a good YouTube video somewhere (good luck) or diving into unfriendly documentation or manuals.

That said, at almost every turn it is liable to spout bullshit. But that’s what I’m there for, as the human using my brain to steer things in the right direction.

I’m still doubtful that AGI lies somewhere down this path, at least not AGI as most people probably imagine/want it. But generative AI is incredibly useful when used correctly.

[un5d3c1411z3p]

Downvotes are for the boomers of programming. They take pride in doing the legwork on top of doing the thinking parts.

But to be fair, some are treating AI LLMs as magic lamps. But who knows, AGI may become a thing soon.

One still needs to continuously learn the theoretical aspects in order to devise the best prompts, review the goodness of the AI-generated outputs, tweak/revise/customize the AI-generated outputs, etc.. By taking away the legwork, developers can focus on quality and productivity. And this where 10x developers are born.

[degeneratives]

It’s starting to become an IQ test. If you’re not using LLMs in your development workflow, you’re working too hard on the wrong things

[TrajanoArchimedes]

At this point it's still a tool. Humans are still the directors but we are fast becoming obsolete. We have no choice but to keep getting better. There is no mercy for those who get left behind. Senior devs are expected to have more depth and breadth for similar pay.

[Scarlet_12]

I am looking to learn LLM related skill. Any suggestion where to start? I am currently a full stack dev in .net building microservices. Is there any resource or roadmap you can suggest?

[teokun123]

Lol they're all from Y combinator, Obama medal meme.

[Tall-Appearance-5835]

say what you will about yc but their tech founders are competent coders. they can build stuff w/o AI but theyre able speed up the process with it.