Post #3794556
2026-07-12 17:28 UTC
@ripienaar@devco.social @lkanies@hachyderm.io this is where I don't see the benefit of LLM generating code. If it's not the right architecture and also wrong on several details, then I'm rewriting bad code with a bad foundation. Seems easier to start from a blank slate. There is some utility in being able to quickly sketch out multiple designs, but it's all disposable. Like any code generator, you can't use it after edits, but it's also not deterministic so you can't just regenerate.
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@ripienaar@devco.social 2026-07-12 17:31
@enobacon@urbanists.social @lkanies@hachyderm.io you definitely can get good results from guiding, planning, understanding and not much reviewing. Even on quite large projects. But it’s a hard skill to learn. It’s paradoxical but it’s not tools juniors can be successful with and success requires a lot of experience I have success with large mostly generated projects that once I take the time to study it and understand it I am happy with the result. Language choice matters a lot though. Go is incredibly well suited