Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand
by black_knight on Monday May 11, 2026 @09:19AM
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I have used LLMs a couple of times to get started on something. I don’t have ADHD, so this is not a regular occurrence for me. But when I have tried this, I have always found the LLM solution so horrible that it instantly inspired me to do it myself. So, in that sense it worked, I got unstuck, but no LLM garbage makes it into the project.
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It's nice to know I'm not alone in this. I have definitely used slop as inspiration by negative example.
Even pre-AI, when working with slop generated by other humans, starting with something was often better than staring at a blank screen.
Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand
by Forgeties79 on Monday May 11, 2026 @02:26PM
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That’s how I use it for writing. I am looking for alternate wording/phrases that I usually don’t use (language habits), alternate takes of any quality just to get myself thinking along different lines, etc.
Rarely do I use what the tool actually spits out. I just use it as a sounding board, like I’m chatting with a (very noob) writer. It doesn’t make me much faster but it helps me break through when I just can’t get words down.