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Re:LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don... by tsunamifury on Sunday June 07, 2026 @12:35PM (#48436426)
If you think rules are literal than you aren’t aware how the world works.

There’s a reason it’s called “judgement”

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Re:LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don... by rectang on Sunday June 07, 2026 @12:49PM (#48436557)
In your world, do subordinates ever get scapegoated for bending the rules at a boss's behest?
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Re:LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don... by jayd16 on Sunday June 07, 2026 @12:38PM (#48436461)
...And that judgement could take them literally. So what is your point?

My point was simply that it's easy to scoff at someone else being careful if it's their neck and not yours.

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Re:LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don... by parineum on Sunday June 07, 2026 @12:54PM (#48436589)
They could but they don't. That's pretty much the whole job. You can also appeal decisions to a more reasonable party if you draw RobotJudge3000 for your trial
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