Post #2136618
2026-04-05 05:02 UTC
Ever watch a newcomer to programming write code? Too often, they're programming by auto-correct. They type a plausible-sounding function name, look at the fuzzy-find hovertext that pops up, pick something plausible, and see if it works. Rinse, repeat. A valid approach for a beginner, but let us not pretend that, at least at this stage, the coder actually *understands* what they're doing.
They're lab rats, poking the button until treats come out.
Replies (2)
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@ewhac@mastodon.social 2026-04-05 05:03
Thanks to the Anthropic code disclosure, we now know LLMs do exactly the same thing, only much faster. This is not productivity. This is not engineering. This is, to coin a phrase, "Guessing at scale."
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@jef@mastodon.social 2026-04-05 05:07
@ewhac