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1. gravypod · 1790001624 · focus · HN ↗

   I feel like I have gone from 100% hand written code -> 0% hand written -> 50% and climbing.

   I think there are things LLMs are really good at coding up and experimenting with but I think there's still a need to understand the btoader context of your software so you need to dive in at some point.

   1. dimonomid · 1790002030 · focus · HN ↗

      It's very important to understand what's happening, sure. Blindly shipping AI-produced code without understanding is just irresponsible. But how does writing code helps with that? Reading helps a lot, but writing just slows things down in my experience so far.

      1. bluefirebrand · 1790002268 · focus · HN ↗

         You can't learn what good code is by reading it, you have to write code to learn what good code looks like

         1. dimonomid · 1790002680 · focus · HN ↗

            True, but having written enough (from many years of doing it full time), the returns from writing more are diminishing.

            But yes I agree that as part of learning effort it's important to write, too.

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