Post #4172064
2026-07-28 19:39 UTC
@lehtimaeki@snapp.social I think what gets me is not "why would I use a hammer" it's the nature of having a LLM do all the hammering without understanding why the nails are needed (I'm stretching the metaphor 😁). LLMs seem to have an appeal because they produce results. To some only the outcome matters. "It works" or "it sounds good". I personally enjoy learning, creating and understanding. I do not want a world where we race towards outcomes without understanding what we are doing or struggle to get there.
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@lehtimaeki@snapp.social 2026-07-28 19:44
@botteaap@androiddev.social Fair enough. However, I on the other hand, absolutely enjoy creating full working software I would never had time to do before. Solving problems on user level and solving real painpoints I have. To me the nail really doesn't matter as long as it provably works. I've spent 35 years writing code. And I don't want to go back to doing it. I want to solve real, human problems, not computer problems. So I don't think the metaphor is really different. Just a level of abstraction.