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Re:Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything by jddj on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:27PM (#43015497)
> LLMs are a GPS, not a highway.

I love these analogies and I think this one is apt.

To adapt another which I saw here to this RoR thread, if you're building furniture then LLMs are powertools while frameworks are ikea flatpacks.

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Re:Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything by bloomingkales on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:42PM (#43015685)
It’s best the analogy of the month. I don’t think cab drivers today are the same cab drivers that knew the city by heart of the past.

So, it’s been a privilege gentlemen, writing apps from scratch with you.

walks off the programming Titanic with a giant violin

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