I will not be using LLMs in my coding

Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by alexpadula on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:26AM (#50413132)

Have you ever solved a problem with code? If you have, you will know why it hurts so bad to lose that ah-ha moment at that level. It's something special spending a long time on something, learning as you do it. I do understand you can get this through possibly an LLM, just different. Take a mathematician spending years on a problem. Seeing a computer do it in a matter of a second or "11 days", is devastating in a way.

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Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by ricardobeat on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:34AM (#50413214)

Yeah, I used to get a kick out of building a perfect, performant, keyboard-accessible, a11y compliant and well-designed dropdown. It was great.

Now I get the same feeling out of building an entire component library in an afternoon, running my code in a Nintendo Wii with twenty minutes of effort, hacking an OEM LED display, my keyboard firmware, or building projects that would take a team of twenty engineers in the past. We just got a power upgrade.

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Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by 0c3ca83 on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:37AM (#50413245)

This reads like "I used to enjoy making a home cooked meal for my family, but now I can buy ten off doordash in the same time".

in the end it's just sad.

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Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by ricardobeat on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:42AM (#50413285)

If we're going with cooking analogies - I really enjoy it, cook daily, yet a rice cooker was one of the best purchases I've ever made. That's a better parallel to me.

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Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by alexpadula on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:54AM (#50413406)

A rice cooker? Is this a joke? Making white rice takes 10 minutes with a pot. Very confusing.

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Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by ricardobeat on Sunday November 08, 2026 @09:35AM (#50413716)

I know right? Yet, what I said is true, and you can ask anyone who owns one for japanese/korean/chinese cooking. It reduces effort to near zero while giving 100% consistent results.

The point though, is that I don’t feel “sad” about not having controlled the temperature and time myself. It’s a tool.

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Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by dw_arthur on Sunday November 08, 2026 @10:05AM (#50413914)

I thought the same thing until I got a rice cooker. It makes cooking a little less stressful while you make the rest of your meal. I eat rice once every 1-2 weeks and I still love it.

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Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by 0c3ca83 on Sunday November 08, 2026 @12:31PM (#50415260)

Ah, yes, because just like a rice cooker, the work takes the same amount of time, it's just using less space on the stove, and is more reliable.

Wait, no, a rice cooker doesn't seem to fit.

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Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by _aavaa_ on Sunday November 08, 2026 @09:32AM (#50413689)

Nobody is stopping you from home cooking however you want.

Working in a commercial kitchen however is a different matter. But there again, nobody is forcing you to use LLMs. Cook however you want.

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Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by sdiupIGPWEfh on Sunday November 08, 2026 @09:40AM (#50413754)

> But there again, nobody is forcing you to use LLMs.

In the sense that I can quit my job at any time, sure. But my employer certainly requires LLM use, and even if I found another position that doesn't, I have no reason to believe that will last.

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Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding by _aavaa_ on Sunday November 08, 2026 @09:46AM (#50413797)

This is the commercial kitchen part of the analogy. Either you work in someone else kitchen based on their rules. Or start your own kitchen and you set the rules.

I am not denying the lack of freedom when working for someone else, or that it sucks when they impose rules on you. But that’s always been the way it goes.

The comment I replied to was about home projects and home cooking. Nothing there has to change.

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