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> I think I'm a pretty skilled programmer, or I'm at least good enough at interviewing to convince other people of that, but it's pretty obvious from comparing LLM generated code to code I'd write myself that in many domains LLMs are superior to me.

there's an important caveat here - LLMs absolutely can write better code than me, but they can also write far worse code, and often don't seem to be able to tell the difference. I find myself spending a lot of time prompting the bots to refine their code in specific ways that I only know about because I read the generated output.

by booty1 hours ago|

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    but my anecdotal experience is that LLM written 
    software is very reliable and easy to extend and 
    develop.

Extremely refreshing to read. The whole thing, not just this statement.

Too much discourse creates a false dichotomy of "awesome, wonderful, hand-crafted code" vs "shitty AI slop."

A lot of hand-crafted code is pretty bad. This is true even with talented engineers: there are often edge cases they did not think of... and in many cases, could not have thought of.

And AI code is pretty good if it's steered and vetted by a knowledgeable engineer. It is clear to me, and has been clear for a long time, that "talented engineer plus AI" is the winning combination and will remain that way for at least the near future.

by prescriptivist1 hours ago|

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I still review PRs, all of which are written by agents. I almost never have meaningful feedback to offer unless it's feedback on the architectural approach. And even then, a lot of architectural/coding patterns that I've been a stickler for in the past mean less to me now because those patterns served to create maintainable code for human beings, which just isn't a priority anymore.

by ncphillips1 hours ago|

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Yeah let’s be real there was a ton of slop around before AI