Post #1889728

2026-05-02 17:29 UTC

@Retreival9096 I think you'll find that all actual software developers who have tried using LLMs as aid the last ~6 months agree that they are quite useful. The people who claim differently are either 1) not actual developers or 2) haven't checked if their gut feelings agree with reality. That said, I would most definitely not have an LLM write me a cryptographic library, but I'm also very certain Proton aren't either.

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@Retreival9096@hachyderm.io 2026-05-02 19:13

@troed I'm not going to argue a point where there is already a considerable body of evidence. Bye Bye!

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@troed@swecyb.com 2026-05-02 19:15

lol. another anti-AI fanatic who is completely unable to handle their cognitive dissonance and just go direct to blocking.

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@gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu 2026-05-02 21:12

@troed @Retreival9096 I was told many LLMs tend to write new code instead of seeking for and using existing libraries. That results in a lot of duplicate code and bugs not vanishing by updating central libraries. Was that a problem or is it still?

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@h4890@merovingian.club 2026-05-02 21:34

@troed@swecyb.com @Retreival9096@hachyderm.io I think the problem is the "wo wo" crowd, raising LLM:s to the skies. That's just ridiculous. Yes, they do some things well, yes, they might save me time on boilerplate or easy stuff, but no, they will not make me 10x faster. They might make me 5%-15% more productive or so. But yes... I am not a programmer, but a devops guy. I do know programmers though, and the most brilliant of them also are in the 5%-15% range.

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