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Skill issue.

Genuinely though, this is accurate

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

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

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

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

It'll be really interesting once we figure out exactly what the divide is between people who can't get good output from coding agents and those who can Because it's not "the people getting good output are idiots shilling technology" nor is it "the people getting bad output are just dumb"

Like is there something in the way those with a negative experience are prompting? Are those who are getting better output just less prescriptive with their evaluation? Like I prompt like I'm talking to a coworker, are others prompting like they're talking to a machine doing their bidding?

I'm just interested in where that disconnect is and it's probably going to take more than social media discourse to sort it out