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Skill issue.

Cory Doctorow describes what has been my thesis about “AI” coding: it’s great for small productivity projects, it’s a source of crippling tech debt for production code and libraries.

P(aul) Frazee

@pfrazee.com

3 July

Genuinely though, this is accurate

Luka

@lukajcb.bsky.social

3 July

It's accurate that it's a skill issue, or what Cory originally stated is accurate?

P(aul) Frazee

@pfrazee.com

3 July

Accurate that it's a skill issue. Why is being a bit flippant about it but it's accurate. Good engineers know how to get good work out of llms; bad ones produce tech debt. Same as ever

Kuba Suder 🇵🇱🇺🇦

@mackuba.eu

3 July

RIP to everyone techdebted by the LLMs, but I'm different. And better.

P(aul) Frazee

@pfrazee.com

3 July

lol I know you're joking but it's been weird how often people seem to think talent and experience aren't still a factor Like, in both directions: 1, rookies don't need to know what you're doing anymore, and 2, experienced engineers aren't capable of evaluating whether AI coding is good or not

Ezra🦋

@ezraboeth.com

we unironically need models trained for specific job functions. senior dev? you can use Claude Fable. junior dev? here's a model trained just for you that explains concepts well, checks itself for accuracy at the expense of speed, and refuses to answer easy questions you can google

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