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1. prewett · 1785962326 · focus · HN ↗

   Using LLMs for hobby programming is like using a computer to solve sudoku puzzles. The whole point is to do it yourself.

   Personally, I find that when I start thinking "hmm, I wonder if I could write a program to automate this" is when I quit the pursuit. After figuring out the basic tricks to sudoku, it turned into busywork. (Or trying to micromanage StarCraft)

   (Tagentially, if you want to automate programming, then I'm going to find myself a different field, because I have no interest in the results of sudoku puzzles. I especially have no interest in managing agents, which I see as junior-dev bullshitters, and would not enjoy managing such a team in real life)

   1. ranger_danger · 1785978204 · focus · HN ↗

      > The whole point is to do it yourself.

      I think if that were always true, calculators would be banned in schools.

      Surely the "point" might be different things to different people depending on their exact situation/context.

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