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using LLMs for creative purposes is terrifying. Because why? learning the craft is the whole reason you do it. however using LLMs to get work done, I just had Claude rewrite some k8s kuttl tests into chainsaw, basically a complete drudgery, and it nails it on the first try while I can stay mentally in EOD Friday mode. Not any different from having a machine wash the dishes. because it is, in fact, nuclear powered autocomplete. autocomplete is handy!

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Bypassing practicing a practical skill stunts your growth the same way as bypassing creativity. For some tasks that may be fine, but I'd never be comfortable taking these shortcuts with career skills. Not if my retirement was more than a few years away.

I actually agree with you on that as well, watching claude take over so many tedious "oh this thing broke, I have to google how that works, re-learn its config format, fix the thing, then forget about it again" kinds of tasks does at the same time reveal a lot of thought processes that i no longer have to engage in.

then again I dont see how it's too different from just a simple move into middle management where you manage programmers but dont do as much of the coding yourself. with Claude I'm finding myself taking on much bigger tasks and orchestrating a lot more technologies to do things, so I am learning about things i would not have if i didnt have the LLM to assist me through it.

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