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minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI mean, it’s not like it ships it to production. You can read code it writes and modify it if you don’t like it, or choose not to use it.
minus-squarenintendiator@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·3 months agoIf you can read the code it writes and modify it, a project manager can remove that time from you and take the AI slop direct to production.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s a different problem. The original question was when would a competent dev use an LLM.
minus-squarenintendiator@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWhich the answer is: never. If they did, by definition they would not be competent (unless they are being specifically trained in how to avoid code slop).
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoAnother good reason to never let the company’s project become your project.
I mean, it’s not like it ships it to production. You can read code it writes and modify it if you don’t like it, or choose not to use it.
If you can read the code it writes and modify it, a project manager can remove that time from you and take the AI slop direct to production.
That’s a different problem. The original question was when would a competent dev use an LLM.
Which the answer is: never. If they did, by definition they would not be competent (unless they are being specifically trained in how to avoid code slop).
Another good reason to never let the company’s project become your project.