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People communicate with regards to the audience they expect.

This is why Rust (it’s a systems programming language) and LSP (the language server protocol invented by VS Code) are not explained in the article.

I am hoping I don’t have to define the words I used, but if in doubt, Google or ChatGPT are your friends.

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upvoteby 76223622 hours ago|
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It makes sense to always explain acronyms. I always do to avoid random people reaching out for more explanations
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upvoteby sfdlkj3jk342a21 hours ago|
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> It makes sense to always explain acronyms.

It does up until a point. Would you say the same about "AI"? What about "LLM"?

On HN (Hacker News), I expect that most would find a definition for AI or LLM to be redundant today. LSP is borderline in my opinion, especially when the context of Rust is already given.

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upvoteby francislavoie22 hours ago|
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Language Server Protocol, it's what your IDE (like VSCode or other) uses to do linting, syntax checking, and "go to reference" stuff.
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upvoteby Fnoord21 hours ago|
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A Rust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Server_Protocol
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upvoteby tiagod9 hours ago|
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Why don't people use Google for such incredibly simple questions instead of asking the comment section?
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upvoteby 7622378 hours ago|
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It wasn't a request for information, since you can obviously look it up. It was a critique on people's inability to imagine their audience, particularly once it scales.
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upvoteby IshKebab22 hours ago|
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LSP is a well known term among programmers these days.
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upvoteby 76223622 hours ago|
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Not if an LLM writes your code. I get thousands of lines of high quality Rust per day without ever stepping into VScode.
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upvoteby wtetzner21 hours ago|
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Then why not just ask the LLM to explain what LSP stands for?
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upvoteby nasso_dev21 hours ago|
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what's an "LLM"? ;3
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upvoteby polyaniline21 hours ago|
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How do you know it's high quality?
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upvoteby 76223621 hours ago|
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I made myself an expert at Rust before I started using LLM's, and I review the code.
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upvoteby verandaguy21 hours ago|
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You made yourself an expert in Rust and have never heard of an LSP?

This seems surprising to me given that Rust was one of the first languages to broadly advertise a toolchain and editor integrations which rely on the technology.

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upvoteby 76223719 hours ago|
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I just put VScode in vim mode and rely on its basic symbol completion. My goal has always been to write as little as possible by thinking out the minimum solution. The simpler the code, the easier it is to reason about and to maintain.
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upvoteby polyaniline21 hours ago|
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Props to you. I've been writing Rust for around 7 years now and I couldn't QA 1000s of lines per day.
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upvoteby 76223719 hours ago|
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We sample it, and upon finding problems, adjust the system to eliminate that class of problems in the future.
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upvoteby verandaguy19 hours ago|
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Did you just create a new account so you could keep arguing with people?
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upvoteby 7622378 hours ago|
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Yes. HN is groupthink central, and enforces it through down votes, which marks the account as low quality, which then turns off commenting for that account. It is a classic negative feedback loop that enforces the groupthink. You can tell how many accounts I've created by the account number.
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upvoteby verandaguy6 hours ago|
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... Right.
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upvoteby AdieuToLogic20 hours ago|
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> Not if an LLM writes your code. I get thousands of lines of high quality Rust per day without ever stepping into VScode.

LSPs are orthogonal to both LLMs and VSCode. For example, see Metals[0].

0 - https://metals-lsp.org/

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upvoteby bigstrat20033 hours ago|
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So you're not a programmer, and therefore aren't part of the audience for a programming tool.
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upvoteby 0x45721 hours ago|
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Very little quality, let alone high-quality, code is written in VSCode.
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upvoteby yk_4219 hours ago|
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This is an astonishing assertion. Can you back that up with evidence?
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upvoteby IshKebab5 hours ago|
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You've got to re-evaluate... something if you genuinely believe that. Pretty much the same level of sanity as "very few good films use CGI".
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