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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Just ask it to rewrite the shitty code you wrote in a language you barely understand to "follow standard best practices in " or something like that and it will add advanced typing features, functional programming for iterables, advanced exception handling, proper concurrency handling, optimize control flows, use better equivalent functions, etc.

As long as you understand the foundations of these concepts in at least one language anybody can become pretty close to an expert in most languages instantly. Especially since most of them are C based and pretty similar

The output will sometimes change the logic but I mean that's pretty easy to catch and fix

Rip C++ nerds that memorize the entirety of each releases manual to shave off 3ms in every single function

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You dont need an LLM to do this though. I thought this skill just comes naturally to programmers who have had a lot of experience in diverse areas.

I'm in Linux/OSS spaces and virtually no one uses an LLM here since much of the work is more social than technical (negotiating many ways to resolve an issue) with a lot more problem solving than busywork. At some point you have to get your hands dirty and there are no more shortcuts.

In fact, LLMs have only harmed us in that there are more bogus bug reports and garbage slop being tossed at projects not to mention every community git forge having to implement some form of ddos mitigation because of the very harmful and real negative externalities of LLMs.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

It's also literally just an auto-format/quick-fix feature in nearly every IDE, and was long before the AI craze.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Ofc I don't NEED it but it saves me a ton of time

At work this means less risk of being fired for low performance

At home this means more time for chores and other interests

Those issues you mentioned are due to the users not understanding the limitations of LLMs and what they're good or bad. It's a tool that requires skill and knowledge to use well and unfortunately a lot of people treat it like it has understanding and reasoning like a human

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

At work this means less risk of being fired for low performance

It sounds like you need a union more than you need an LLM.

At home this means more time for chores and other interests

With hobby coding, the journey usually matters more than the destination.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

With hobby coding, the journey usually matters more than the destination.

Not always. There are some projects I do for learning, some projects I do to improve my life

It sounds like you need a union more than you need an LLM.

I know but my average coworker has always been multi millionaires with property and half of them are Indian fascists, one quarter Chinese anti- communists, and almost all constantly fearmongering about the homeless in SF

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