Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code
simonwillison.net
Online discussions about using Large Language Models to help write code inevitably produce comments from developers who’s experiences have been disappointing. They often ask what they’re doing wrong—how come some …

I appreciate Simon’s balanced take on how LLMs can enhance a project when used responsibly.

I’m curious, though—what are this community’s opinions on the use of LLMs in programming?

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Ignore the “AGI” hype—LLMs are still fancy autocomplete. All they do is predict a sequence of tokens—but it turns out writing code is mostly about stringing tokens together in the right order, so they can be extremely useful for this provided you point them in the right direction.

    I’m just super happy to see someone talking about LLMs realistically without the “AI” bullshit.

    If LLMs help people code, then that’s great. But stop with the hype, grifting, etc. Kudos to this author for a reasonable take. Extremely rare.