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0 pointsdagw1y ago0 comments

it would be faster for me to just write it directly in my normal IDE

Then you are a much better developer than me (which you may very well be). I'd like to think I'm pretty good, and I've many times spent hours trying to think through complex SQL queries or getting all the details right in some tricky equation or algorithm. Writing the same code with an AI often takes 2-20 minutes.

If it's faster for me, it might not be faster for everybody, but it is probably faster for many people.

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Ekaros1y ago· 1 in thread

If you have to spend significant amount of time thinking things through how do you know the output from AI is correct and covers all details?

dagwOP1y ago

how do you know the output from AI is correct and covers all details?

Same way as any other code. You look at it, ask the 'author' to explain any parts you don't understand, reason through what it's doing and then test it.

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jprete1y ago

The way to get better is to do it a lot. Every time you dig through a problem to solve it, you're not just learning about that problem - you're learning about every problem near it in the problem space, including the meta-problems about how to get information, solve problems, and test solutions.

In a sense you're slowly building the LLM in your head, but it's more valuable there because of the much-better idea evaluation, and lack of network/GPU overhead.

javier21y ago

Ok i dont know. When I first read it, it sounded like you have to spoon feed details until AI gets it right. Or perhaps your ide could be better!

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