AI Coding assistants provide little value because a programmer's job is to think

Re:AI Coding assistants provide little value because a progr... by greatpostman on Sunday April 27, 2025 @06:13PM (#43815552)

Honestly, o3 has completely blown my mind in terms of ability to come up with useful abstractions beyond what I would normally build. Most people claiming LLMs are limited just arent using the tools enough, and cant see the trajectory of increasing ability

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Re:AI Coding assistants provide little value because a progr... by quesera on Sunday April 27, 2025 @06:24PM (#43815621)

> Most people claiming LLMs are limited just rent using the tools enough

The old quote might apply:

~"XML is like violence. If it's not working for you, you need to use more of it".

(I think this is from Tim Bray -- it was certainly in his .signature for a while -- but oddly a quick web search doesn't give me anything authoritative. I asked Gemma3, which suggests Drew Conroy instead)

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Re:AI Coding assistants provide little value because a progr... by chuckadams on Sunday April 27, 2025 @09:19PM (#43816627)

Last I heard the phrase, it was attributed to Jamie Zawinski.

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