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1. axegon_ · 1789905896 · focus · HN ↗

   Ah, the "skill issue" argument again. Same crap aswhen everyonewas worshiping Musk 5-6 years ago, this time it's dario and altman with a claude/chatgpt mask. Crash can't come soon enough.

   1. skybrian · 1789906594 · focus · HN ↗

      And why wouldn’t writing software be a skill issue? Yes, it’s an annoying meme, but we should expect that there are better and worse ways to write software. It would be weird if everyone got the same results regardless of experience.

      I’m doubtful that the author’s recommendation always work, but I do some similar things and they do seem to help.

      1. malfist · 1789907364 · focus · HN ↗

         Anyone who thinks they can produce high quality code from an LLM is mistaken about how to judge code. Trust me, I've seen enough PRs to last a life time. A lot of professionals wouldn't know good code if it slapped them in the face.

         1. deterministic · 1789954449 · focus · HN ↗

            > Anyone who thinks they can produce high quality code from an LLM is mistaken about how to judge code

            Sorry, but you are 100% wrong.

            I have 30+ years of professional development experience working on complex, very large-scale C++ code used by companies around the world.

            I care deeply about code quality and always have. More than any other developer I've worked with in my 30+ year career. And I'm now using Claude Code to push the quality bar much higher.

            But you have to learn how to use it properly. It's a tool. Quality doesn't happen automatically.

            It's a big mistake, and frankly quite arrogant, to assume that because it doesn't work for you, it can't work for anyone else. Or that the rest of us must either be lying or incompetent.

            1. player1234 · 1789975641 · focus · HN ↗

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            2. blub · 1789998618 · focus · HN ↗

               It’s fair to ask people bragging about their amazing AI skills to show their code or GTFO. Hope it becomes established.

               1. deterministic · 1790048426 · focus · HN ↗

                  I work on proprietary software, so no, that’s not really a fair question to ask.

                  However, if you’re willing to share how you’re prompting the AI and some examples of where you think the results are poor, we might be able to help identify what’s causing the difference. I’d be genuinely interested in understanding why we’re getting such different results.

                  Rather than assuming one of us must be wrong, it would be more useful to compare approaches and see what we can learn from each other.

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