Post #4172065
2026-07-28 19:23 UTC
@botteaap@androiddev.social
Everyone is looking at LLM tools and judging their effectiveness in the narow context in front of them.
The discussion reminds me of this comic strip I commissioned years ago.
A tool that is useful for one task might not be useful for another.
A tool that sucks at one task might be great in another.
Looking at tool in once context and elaborating it either being globally fantastic or globally shit is quite often a mistake.
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@botteaap@androiddev.social 2026-07-28 19:39
@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.