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Re:Various LLM Smells by yuye on Friday May 29, 2026 @12:14AM (#48318954)
>I think looking at an LLM code and thinking you're now a coder is like watching a someone play guitar and think you can just pick up a guitar and play a song. The truth is, if you want to be good, you have to do the work.

So many posts here on HN claiming they created another useful tool with AI.

No, you didn't create it. AI did. You only had a supporting role. You're Ringo Starr and the AI is John Lennon.

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Re:Various LLM Smells by palmotea on Friday May 29, 2026 @03:04AM (#48319960)
> No, you didn't create it. AI did. You only had a supporting role. You're Ringo Starr and the AI is John Lennon.

It's even worse than that: you're the Ringo Starr and the AI is a a "John Lennon" who sucks and is boring and uncreative.

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Re:Various LLM Smells by yuye on Monday June 01, 2026 @02:56AM (#48353448)
Basically Yoko Ono?
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Re:Various LLM Smells by ninjalanternshk on Friday May 29, 2026 @06:53AM (#48321500)
> No, you didn't create it. AI did.

No, AI assembled bits of code written by hundreds of programmers before you.

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