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Re:DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update by squidbeak on Friday July 31, 2026 @06:11AM (#49121257)
An experienced software engineer (read his profile) praises the value he's found in Deepseek, and gives some real data showing how affordable that value is.

Then you, dakolli - out of generosity and minute-to-minute devotion to enlightenment - sacrifice time from your busy day to sit down (though perhaps that's been painful lately?) or stand up with your phone - and offer a profound, deeply thought-out counterpoint in the following form (and I'll paraphrase):

"Nah mate, it's shit. All LLMs are shit."

Re:DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update by applicative on Friday July 31, 2026 @08:05AM (#49122070)
How one is affected psychologically by LLMs 'hallucinating' presumably closely tracks how one is affected by pathological liars. Most of the things pathological liars say is true and if you can put up with it, one can work with them and learn from them. But some respond with extreme hatred and avoidance. This seems like one of the responses that is reasonable ... as is acceptance and instrumentalization of the individual.
Re:DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update by _superposition_ on Friday July 31, 2026 @07:15AM (#49121712)
Among countless other experienced engineers... The cognitive dissonance here is frightening.
Re:DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update by dakolli on Friday July 31, 2026 @07:42AM (#49121906)
His Bio: c++, rust and c#, software engineer located in Germany, currently working in the electrical power industry (high- to ultra high voltage testing- and measurement equipment).

The stories I could tell you about people who would have that exact bio. I work adjacent to this industry, I promise you there are thousands of people with these exact credentials who are extremely bad engineers. Also, I'm not sure why having something in your bio makes you qualified.. You llm people have completely fried your brains.

Sorry, I use these tools every single day, a lot, I'm not speaking from a lack of exposure, but these llms are terrible and all they do is add massive amounts of slop to your code. Yes they're useful for when you want to be lazy, or you're doing something not serious, or for the people who want to be lazy all the time (most llm proponents). Have fun making your competency tied to the quality and quantity of tokens you have access to slopper.

I really can't begin to describe how stupid I think you are for thinking that having that statement in your bio makes you a qualified engineer.

Re:DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update by lionkor on Friday July 31, 2026 @08:25AM (#49122225)
I agree a bio is a bad proxy, and I'm not saying I'm amazing but I'm not THAT incompetent. Most of my GitHub is pre-LLM era; github.com/lionkor

Edit: And like a lot of tools, HOW you use them is just about as important as the quality of the tool itself. Of course the tools can produce massive amounts of bad quality slop, they can also produce fast, focused edits that make sense.

Re:DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update by dakolli on Friday July 31, 2026 @09:02AM (#49122591)
I'm not even trying to call you out, I'm sure you're solid.
Re:DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update by lionkor on Friday July 31, 2026 @09:10AM (#49122674)
Oh I know, I'm just trying to say that I agree fully that a bio is a terrible proxy, while also showing what I think is a good proxy for skill (open source work before LLMs became this "good", for example). I'm a big proponent of show, don't tell, and LLMs have kind of ruined this.
Re:DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update by shock on Friday July 31, 2026 @08:36AM (#49122333)
> I really can't begin to describe how stupid I think you are for thinking that having that statement in your bio makes you a qualified engineer.

Well, I guess having "Two PhDs, Three masters degrees. Expert in everything.." in your bio makes you very smart!

Re:DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update by CamperBob2 on Friday July 31, 2026 @01:32PM (#49126192)
Look at his history -- he's just here to shitpost. Flag and move on.