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Some thoughts on LLMs and software development

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416 points floverfelt | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 18:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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anthem2025 ◴[28 Aug 25 21:22 UTC] No.45057193[source]▶
It’s funny how people acknowledge the railroads and the similarity to AI, but then jump back to comparing it to the internet when it comes to drawing conclusions.

The internet build out left massive amounts of useful infrastructure.

The railroads left us with lots of railroads that fell into disuse and eventually left us with a complete joke of a railway system. Made a few people so rich we started calling them robber barons and talking the gilded age.

Are we going to continue to use the 60 billion dollar data centers in Louisiana when the bubble bursts? Is it valuable infrastructure or just a waste of money that gets written off?

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senko ◴[28 Aug 25 21:26 UTC] No.45057219[source]▶
> Are we going to continue to use the 60 billion dollar data centers in Louisiana when the bubble burst

Why not?

Tracks in the middle of nowhere are useless.

Data centers in the middle of nowhere are useful, as long as energy, cooling and uplink are cost-effective.

(Not saying Louisiana is in the middle of nowhere!)

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1. anthem2025 ◴[28 Aug 25 21:35 UTC] No.45057317[source]▶
I don’t disagree, but was Louisiana chosen because it offers cheap energy/cooling/infra or because the government doesn’t bother to ask questions about the impact to thinks like energy and water usage (which is why we are seeing more and more reports of residents upset about pollution, water usage, and energy costs).