Post #2001887
2026-05-04 03:04 UTC
@regehr To me, this is the key point of contention when I talk about these things.
"Contrary to the current narrative that is being espoused, we didn’t necessarily need to write code faster. Especially code we didn’t fully understand, and particularly in huge swaths that we couldn't review in reasonable time frames."
For those of us that have serious problems with LLMs for programming, this part is important.
But for those who push them there is no issue. Generating more code is all that matters. The result can be bad or half-baked. It doesn't matter. All that matters is that something was produced and shipped.
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@aburka@hachyderm.io 2026-05-04 03:05
@gwozniak @regehr I tried this objection with coworkers but the response was "oh I don't use it for anything important, only the busywork and boilerplate"
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@Hanstux@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 23:56
@gwozniak @regehr not only a coders problem. Wherever you look, people work more, harder, faster. We optimized ourselves to a point, where we could achieve all that, without asking why and what for. We are at the brink of burning out as humanity.