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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by jamil7 on Friday December 06, 2024 @02:36AM (#42337332)
It’s an old one but I think Joel Spolsky‘s take on leaky abstractions is relevant again in this discussion as we add another abstraction layer with LLM assisted coding.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/11/11/the-law-of-leaky-a...

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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by louthy on Friday December 06, 2024 @06:53AM (#42338941)
Aligned with:

“The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.” — Edsger Dijkstra

The abstraction has never been this leaky or vague — Me

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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by truefossil on Friday December 06, 2024 @07:20AM (#42339117)
Agree. So far "the progress" implied understanding (discovering) previously unknown things. AI is exactly the opposite: "I don't understand how, but it sorta works!"
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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by olvy0 on Friday December 06, 2024 @07:07AM (#42339033)
That is a great quote, thank you.
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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by rob74 on Friday December 06, 2024 @09:19AM (#42340025)
That's the purpose that all abstractions strive to achieve, but most of them fall short - and become leaky...
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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by rossmurphy on Friday December 06, 2024 @07:14AM (#42339088)
Joel's blog posts should be hung in the Louvre.
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