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Coding with LLMs in the summer of 2025 – an update

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600 points antirez | 1 comments | 20 Jul 25 11:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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wg0 ◴[20 Jul 25 21:05 UTC] No.44629309[source]▶
I don't understand.

Is author suggesting manually pasting redis C files into Gemini Pro chat window on the web?

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thefourthchime ◴[20 Jul 25 21:12 UTC] No.44629357[source]▶
I was mostly nodding my head until he got to this part.

The fundamental requirement for the LLM to be used is: don’t use agents or things like editor with integrated coding agents.

So right, is he like actually copying and pasting stuff into a chat window? I did this before Co-Pilot, but with cursor I would never think of doing that. He never mentioned Cursor or Claude Code so I wonder if he's even experienced it.

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1. schneehertz ◴[22 Jul 25 01:46 UTC] No.44642442[source]▶
The edit mode of GitHub Copilot requires manually providing context files and does not have RAG or other agent tools. I think this mode is much easier to use than the agent mode.