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1. 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. ryandvm · 1785958616 · focus · HN ↗

      Yeah, in my experience, the people that got into software engineering because of the money are absolutely thrilled with how LLMs are changing the industry. They mostly just liked getting results and LLMs are great for that.

      The people like me that sort of just stumbled into this career as a result of spending the evenings of our youth trying to get the computer to do interesting things don't seem to have as much appreciation now that the LLMs are taking over the fun part.

      1. ericd · 1786004093 · focus · HN ↗

         I don't think that's quite fair. Computers have been my hobby since I was 4, I'm having a blast, this is so much fun. I've always had way more ideas I wanted to try than I've had time/energy to implement, especially true since having kids, now the implementation can almost keep up.

         Computers were on a trajectory of becoming more consumption oriented, and this has shifted it strongly back towards creation. Normal people can make their own custom software again. This is awesome.

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