Re:Ask HN: Anyone struggling to get value out of coding LLMs?
by jimbokun on Monday May 26, 2025 @06:50PM
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A lot of the value a good engineer provides is saying “you don’t want to do that, it’s a bad idea for these reasons.” Or “that’s actually easier than you think. We could do it this way.”
Knowing what’s possible, difficult, easy, risky, cheap, expensive, etc.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone struggling to get value out of coding LLMs?
by insane_dreamer on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @09:38AM
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> An LLM is very capable of implementing all of that… if only someone who knows all of that stuff tell them first.
I agree with you, but I don't think it's the entry-level dev who is going to be interfacing with the client to discuss and resolve all the questions you posed, and/or decide on them. That was part of the OP's point -- that much of their time is spent interfacing with the client to very precisely determine the requirements.
An LLM is very capable of implementing all of that… if only someone who knows all of that stuff tell them first.
And most importantly: LLMs don’t challenge the task given. Engineers do. Many times, problems are solved without code.