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> Maybe some day I’ll have the brain cells and skill to write code in zig and be confident I’m Not introducing a whole class of gnarly bugs, but it seems like I should just focus my limited brain power on writing high

Llms solve this problem

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> be confident I’m Not introducing a whole class of gnarly bugs

I think LLMs are doing the exact opposite

Have you tried using an LLM with Zig? When the training sets are on different language versions and there are breaking changes you may find it challenging.

I actually enjoyed zig because it prevented me from using LLMs to code in this way

I use LLMs almost daily, and they certainly don't "solve" the problem of finding bugs, not even in popular languages like TypeScript. They do help a lot, yes, but they haven't solved it completely.

They can help automate the process. Eg from flask creator: https://youtu.be/tg61cevJthc?si=Kd8azCPwXYeb-gac

Using LLMs on a language you don’t already master is a sure way to introduce a lot of bugs.

My personal experience has been different. We recently onboarded a whole team of Devs on a language none of us mastered and it's been running in prod with only a couple bugs so far in 6 months, much lower than our average with our normal stack that everyone masters

If you think LLMs solve this problem, you should reevaluate your experience level and seniority.

I've said nothing about my experience or seniority in this discussion, so I don't know how they are relevant

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