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Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage

391 points · 454 comments · lladnar

QuantumNoodle · 1785956641 · focus · HN ↗
A hobby is something you enjoy the process of doing, not just the end result. Everybody likes a clean home, but cleaning is rarely a hobby. LLMs expedite achieving the end result. Take from that what you will.
1. hectdev · 1785960361 · focus · HN ↗
  I enjoy molding hyper specific software across my whole eco system of tech through prose with LLMs. Iterating over time to hone the right solutions based on very abstract reactions to the results I get. I would consider this a hobby because it costs me money and I get no value out of it outside of the act.
  I also woodwork and I remember this discussion there between hand tools, power tools, and CNCs. It's all the same hobby just different entry points and doing it the least automated way doesn't make your work more or less than anyone else's.
  1. epiccoleman · 1785960792 · focus · HN ↗
    > I would consider this a hobby because it costs me money and I get no value out of it outside of the act.
    Boy isn't that the truth haha, I feel like my previous phase of dotfile ricing has become "LLM ricing."
    Not complaining though, it is genuinely fun!

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