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0 pointsstavros9mo ago0 comments

Well, no, a good rule of thumb is to expect people to write good code, no matter how they do it. Why would you mandate what tool they can use to do it?

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somewhereoutth9mo ago

Because it pertains to the quality of the output - I can't validate every line of code, or test every edge case. So if I need a certain level of quality, I have to verify the process of producing it.

This is standard for any activity where accuracy / safety is paramount - you validate the process. Hence things like maintenance logs for airplanes.

acedTrex9mo ago

> So if I need a certain level of quality, I have to verify the process of producing it

Precisely this, and this is hardly a unique to software requirement. Process audits are everywhere in engineering. Previously you could infer the process of producing some code by simply reading the patch and that generally would tell you quite a bit about the author itself. Using advanced and niche concepts with imply a solid process with experience backing it. Which would then imply that certain contextual bugs are unlikely so you skip looking for them.

My premise in the blog is basically that "Well now I have go do a full review no matter what the code itself tells me about the author."

badsectoracula9mo ago

> My premise in the blog is basically that "Well now I have go do a full review no matter what the code itself tells me about the author."

Which IMO is the correct approach - or alternatively, if you do actually trust the author, you shouldn't care if they used LLMs or not because you'd trust them to check the LLM output too.

badsectoracula9mo ago

The false assumption here is that humans will always write better code than LLMs, which is certainly not the case for all humans nor all LLMs.

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somewhereoutth9mo ago

Because it pertains to the quality of the output - I can't validate every line of code, or test every edge case. So if I need a certain level of quality, I have to verify the process of producing it.

This is standard for any activity where accuracy / safety is paramount - you validate the process. Hence things like maintenance logs for airplanes.

acedTrex9mo ago

> So if I need a certain level of quality, I have to verify the process of producing it

My premise in the blog is basically that "Well now I have go do a full review no matter what the code itself tells me about the author."

badsectoracula9mo ago

> My premise in the blog is basically that "Well now I have go do a full review no matter what the code itself tells me about the author."

Which IMO is the correct approach - or alternatively, if you do actually trust the author, you shouldn't care if they used LLMs or not because you'd trust them to check the LLM output too.

badsectoracula9mo ago

The false assumption here is that humans will always write better code than LLMs, which is certainly not the case for all humans nor all LLMs.

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