Post #1953532

2026-03-16 23:05 UTC

I know I'm repeating myself but even if LLM coding tools were good enough for my actual coding work I still wouldn't use them purely due to the ethical concerns surrounding training data provenance and energy footprint. That alone is disqualifying for me, regardless of their efficacy.

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@jiub@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net 2026-03-16 23:26

@endrift@social.treehouse.systems same! and also, asking the slop bot to pretty please write a function for me isn't how i want to be spending my time i got into this field because i like programming. and even though i'm just doing some boring webdev with the shitty tools/libraries that entails, i still enjoy the actual art of programming

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@fleroviux@chaos.social 2026-03-17 14:54

@endrift@social.treehouse.systems Same. I also feel like I would miss out on opportunities to learn. Being handed/shown a solution is not the same as coming up with it yourself. I got into this field because I like learning and solving problems.

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@dirtside@phpc.social 2026-03-17 17:46

@endrift@social.treehouse.systems right there with you. AI boosters love saying "this [use case] improved my efficiency by 5%!" and I'm like, even if that's true, it cost the bones of like three orphans to do it

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