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Not really a requirement, if you did fine without the tools before you would do fine again. The difference is you would know which ones are worth manually maintaining
Code bases that you "work in" (maintain, etc) solve real world problems, and solving those problems should trump cleanliness every time
Codebases that are clean are typically showcase examples that sit on a shelf to be admired and appreciated.
You do indeed need to do quite a bit of thinking and problem solving, to build things with an llm.
If you disagree, repeat this project, so you can share with us how little thinking it required.
On either side it says "I just ask the model why it did that"
realistically, though, i quite like writing. The other article i've posted ( https://www.dardar.co/articles/your-data-agent-is-wrong ) is 100% me, but as a consequence it feels kinda preachy and verbose in places haha
The creator certainly got pretty crook from ingesting baking soda
I guess this goes to show that even a subtle touch of an LLM can undermine authenticity.
edit: i've removed that line. I don't like to edit articles after publish (call me old fashioned, but i try to be honest and transparent), in this case though the line adds nothing and your call-out has taught me a good lesson: shit human writing is better than "good" AI writing.
> It looks like someone just pointed a LLM at the codebase and asked it to write an article.
Not entirely true. I pointed an LLM at the codebase to get me to the right files for understanding skills, and to map out the dependencies and lifecycles - Then I spent quite a bit of time reading the code myself and writing about it.
An AI review at the end of the writing (to "sharpen" the language) unfortunately brought in a couple of AI fingerprints (note the "mic drop" comment above)
edit: write -> right (its 8am)
I mourn and i celebrate. I can't think of another craft for which the implicit goal was to make itself obsolete, but we've just about done it!
and that is something to celebrate
I don't really care though. None of what you've mentioned, even if true, would stop me from using the product, mostly because of the convenience and extremely high switching-cost.
Not salty, just broke my interest. So now I will go about my day without reading your article. p.s. I'm sure it's very good though
Consider saving that popup until I've read some of the article
first few minutes : yeah this is cool this is what i wanted
not very long later : this is awful, please take it back
I wonder when (if) it will stop?
I also wonder if crypto valuations are a reflection of truly "free market" economics. Where there is little-to-no barrier to entry as a creator or an investor, and there is complete impossibility of counterfeiting assets.
How many times have you opened up your laptop and not seen a Facebook add for something you just did, or something you discussed? You'll never notice those occasions.