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Then you are boned unless it was architected well. LLMs tend to stack a lot of complexity at local scopes, especially if the neighboring pages are also built poorly.

E.g pumping out a ton of logic to convert one data structure to another. Like a poorly structured form with random form control names that don’t match to the DTO. Or single properties for each form control which are then individually plugged into the request DTO.

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isodev1mo ago

> Then you are boned

Must be my lucky day! Too bad my dream of being that while the bots are taking care of the coding is still sort of fiction.

I love a future when this is possible but what we have today is more of a proof of concept. A transformative leap is required for this technology before it can be as useful as advertised.

0000000000100OP1mo ago

Yep, it’s still a bit off from being a true developer. But good news for existing software devs who will need to be hired to fix LLM balls of mud that will inevitably fall apart.

In my mind it’s not too much different than cheap contractor code that I already have to deal with on a regular basis…

8note1mo ago

you could also use some code styling agent scripts that make todo lists of everywhere where there's bad architecture, and have it run through fixing those issues until its to your liking.

theyre reasomable audit tools for finding issues, if you have ways to make sure they dont give up early, and you force them to output proof of what they did

Jensson1mo ago

And that is harder than just doing it manually, hence saying that hard parts are harder. If you have a clear picture of what you want it to do then its harder to vibe code than to code it yourself.

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