@beka_valentine@kolektiva.social
Post #3562043
2026-07-01 17:49 UTC
lets consider a common explanation for what professional coders use LLMs for: boiler plate
i often hear coders say "oh yeah, LLMs suck overall, but they're REALLY GOOD for boilerplate"
and this is pretty true!
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@beka_valentine@kolektiva.social 2026-07-01 17:52
but, well.. people have been talking about Boilerplate Code since at LEAST 1981, with a popularization happening in 1990 the programming world has known about boilerplate for a while, and had ample opportunity to try to address it. there are even some great ideas!