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LLM Inevitabilism

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1612 points SwoopsFromAbove | 2 comments | 15 Jul 25 04:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.039s | source
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megaloblasto ◴[15 Jul 25 14:02 UTC] No.44571271[source]▶
I think what scares people who code for a living the most is the loss of their craft. Many of you have spent years or decades honing the craft of producing clear, fast, beautiful code. Now there is something that can spit out (often) beautiful code in seconds. An existential threat to your self worth and livelihood. A perfectly reasonable thing to react to.

I do think, however, that this is an inevitable change. Industries and crafts being massively altered by technology is a tale as old as time. In a world that constantly changes, adaptation is key.

I also think that almost all of you who have this craft should have no problem pivoting to higher level software architecture design. Work with an llm and produce things it would have taken a small team to do in 2019.

I find it to be a very exciting time.

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1. techpineapple ◴[15 Jul 25 19:24 UTC] No.44574875[source]▶
Why would a human need to do high level software architecture design? That might be easier to automate than the coding itself.
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2. megaloblasto ◴[15 Jul 25 19:34 UTC] No.44574982[source]▶
Currently, llms are allowing people to code at level of the overall architecture of the project, while doing most of the smaller details almost automatically. I've adjusted to this new paradigm and will continue to adjust as it changes.