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

391 points · 454 comments · lladnar

  1. Schnitz · · focus · HN ↗
    Because people that enjoy programming for programming's sake don't want an LLM to do the programming for them - isn't it obvious? It's just like with any other hobby, people who like car racing created rules that force you to drive yourself, even though they'd get faster lap times with electronic driver aids. People who enjoy grappling created rules that force you to grapple, even though striking could win a fight faster. People that enjoy chess don't allow you to bring a computer to the chess table. The list is endless and the people that enjoy programming will create rules that force you to program, why shouldn't they? It's their hobby.
    1. croes · · focus · HN ↗
      Or Warhammer figurines painting, let’s buy them already painted
      1. senor_digimon · · focus · HN ↗
        You can take already painted warhammer figurines, pose them, take a photo, prompt an AI to make that your first scene, and generate a hollywood level scene in about a minute or two.

        Yes, sure, you can buy the figurine and get the joy of painting it. But there's new things you can do now too, things you couldn't dream about before.

        But I'll grant you this, the AI coding extinction event is so severe that I do believe we need to support anyone trying to preserve any memory of it. Like, we need to build entire museums, one for each programming language.

        1. croes · · focus · HN ↗
          But would you blame the figurine painting community for not wanting that?

          If you want to do AI movies, join the AI movie community.

          The hobby programming community isn't about vibe coding, that's what the vibe coding community is for.

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