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Yes the workflow has shifted.

I've handled the sloppiest slop with llms and turned the worst code into error free modern and tested code in a fraction of the time it used to take me.

People aren't worried about cost because $1k in credits to get 6 months of work done is a no brainer.

A year from not semi-autonomous llms will produce entire applications while we sleep. We'll all be running multi-agents and basically write specs and md files all day.

How long does it take you to go through the code vs writing it yourself?

What are you fixing?

So? Getting a months' worth of junior level code in an hour is still unbelievable.

Idk I've forgotten a lot.

I think this comment supports the point I was trying to make...

I already miss the fun heads down days of unraveling complex bugs.

Now I'm just telling AI what to do.

AI's are amazing at understanding even the utterly horrific bad code.

I've refactored the sloppiest slop with AI in days with zero regressions. If I did it manually it could have taken months.

The same way the loom made bad weavers.

Anybody know any weavers making > 100k a year?

Outlier compared to what?

I'm not denying new forms of media have negative impacts but the world kept spinning and progressing.

But what was the impact?

Society has made tremendous progress since the invention of TV.

What if the feature was coded by hand?

Look, you tell the LLMs what kind of tests you want and judge the quality before committing.

If you're letting the LLM create useless test that's on you.

I think you're reading these comments in bad faith as if I'm letting the LLM add slop to satisfy a metric.

No, I'm using an LLM to write good tests that I will personally approve as usefull, and other people will review too, before merging into master.

A fancy CRUD app is still a CRUD app.

I don't know why you'd think that.

200 decent unit tests are better than zero unit tests.

What kind of apps do you work on?

> quantity over quality

Yes? Making quality concessions for more code or features is part of the job.

> you've accepted a big drop in quality.

Right, but you do it in a 10th of the time.

One of my worst job experiences was when I depended on a colleague who wouldn't deliver. Any feedback or conversations with that colleague mostly resulted in tantrums and empty promises.

The lack of delivery severely harmed the services I provided to the company and to external users, ruined team morale, and was a huge source of stress.

My boss always turned the problem back on me, despite him also being my colleague's boss.

I tried everything I could for 18 months and had extensive documentation of all my attempts, sometimes working in parallel with my boss or using his recommendations.

Still, the problems persisted and every time I brought it up with my boss it was as if he was oblivious to the ongoing saga. I want to HR and over his head about it and he always fed me shit about "empowerment" and "growth."

Yeah, I was empowered to interview with other company's and grew into other new roles.

Table saws seem too dangerous for me but a track saw would work too!

I think I'm going to go paint lines in parking lots.

It's funny every time there is some corporate team building session or whatever and the question is asked "what do you want to do when you retire?" every developer always suggests doing something more tangible.

Nobody ever says I want to spend more time behind the computer.

Are you going to build tech to combat tech?

I got a phone lock box and bring physical books everywhere now. I bring classics or sci-fi stuff.

What really started driving me crazy is that when I'm doing kid stuff like sports or library events all the parents drop of their kids, head to the parent area, and everyone sits on their phones.

I'm always the only one reading a book. And yeah I have my phone with me, but I try to exclusively use it to take pictures.

I moisturize my eyes with Optive drops, have special computer glasses with a lens designed for the distance of my screen, and take frequent eye breaks every 15 minutes.

My eyes are otherwise healthy but I'm of a certain age (mid 40s) where eyes start degrading.

It's not bragging. It's marketing.

I think LLMs can generate tons of production quality code if you put in the time. I do it every day. The output and productivity is amazing.

I'm also really bored and hate that my job is writing specs and stupid prompts.

You forgot 2023 where you'd generate get half-lucid unit tests

If I can context switch between two prompts I will.

If the task is hard and I can't easily break context I'll do exercises, chores, or comment on HN.

Things get cheaper but not zero. You could pick up knitting and sell hats on Etsy in a month.

This part was never quiet...

The quiet part out loud phrase is overused.

I don't understand why you think this is important to mention.

Search engines are better at certain tasks than others.

If I said should FLY to Spain is it a cheap shot against sailing because I didn't mention it?