Post #572475

2026-02-25 14:17 UTC

It&#39;s really hard to hear about how helpful LLMs are when I deal with the opposite multiple times per day now. There are techniques experienced developers use to get better LLM results, but that&#39;s not simple and so approximately no one does it. Everyone who talks about how to use them correctly is a rounding error compared to the total number using them.

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@tmr232@mastodon.social 2026-02-25 15:05

@davidism most of my experience with them is at work. And while I believe I get some good use out of them, I am also faced with truly terrible PRs that are clearly generated rather than written. The ability to generate massive quantities of almost-decent-at-first-glance code and prose is truly unparalleled. I'm sorry you (and so many others) have to deal with this shit.

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@amethyst@toots.n7.gg 2026-02-25 16:59

@davidism but look at how *productive* they all are 🤪

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@webology@mastodon.social 2026-02-26 16:07

@davidism At least on Mastodon, I only see people complaining about outdated hot takes and misquoting white papers they don't read. I think we should switch timeline people we follow 😬

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@kojoidrissa@fosstodon.org 2026-02-26 17:23

@davidism LLMs ARE a tool that is VERY easy to use poorly. And I'm sure as an open source maintainer, you see a LOT of that. I'm working on learning to use them well. But I didn't have a proper way to express that until I saw this quote. https://fosstodon.org/@kojoidrissa/116122994155994991

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