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The replies to this really make me think that some people are getting left behind the AI age. Colleges are likely already teaching how to prompt, but a lot of existing software devs just don't get it. I encourage people who aren't having success with AI to watch some youtube videos on best practices.

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I am such a dev (backend).

I'm working in a codebase of 200+ "microservices", separate repos, each deployed as multiple FaaS, CQRS-style. None of it my choice, everything precedes me, many repos I know nothing of. Little to no code re-use between them.

Any trace of "business logic" is so distributed in multiple repos, that I have no possible use of LLM codegen, unless I can somehow feed it ALL the codebase.

I've tried generating some tests, but they always miss the mark, as in the system under test is almost always the wrong one.

I guess LLM are cool for greenfield, but when the brownfield is really brown, there's no use for LLMs.

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Okay the process is simple. You're going to go to another website, called YouTube. Don't be alarmed. First read all the steps so you don't miss any, once you start going to the other site you won't be able to see this one. You might want to write these down on a piece of paper first. Okay here we go:

1. Click in the bar at the top of the page that says ycombinator.com 2. type this in: youtube.com 3. press enter 4. There will be a box at the top that says "search", click that 5. type in "tips and tricks for agentic coding" 6. press enter 7. a list of videos should appear, watch them all

But what if they find a bad one? There's a lot of junk out there.

Yes, this can happen. Some people just have the worst luck, and will always find the bad one. This is why Greene made "stay away from unlucky people" law 10 out of 48. It's really that important.

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