Miguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 12 hours ago"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 doingplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-square"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 doingplus-squareMiguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 12 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Miguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 2 days ago"Technical documentation as an industry is at a crossroads. If we don't invest in the next generation of experts—consultants, educators, and documentation strategists—we're looking at a future whereplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square"Technical documentation as an industry is at a crossroads. If we don't invest in the next generation of experts—consultants, educators, and documentation strategists—we're looking at a future whereplus-squareMiguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 2 days agomessage-square1fedilink
aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place · 5 days ago#programming #protip all concurrency bugs can be solved by adding more error loggingplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-square#programming #protip all concurrency bugs can be solved by adding more error loggingplus-squareaeva@mastodon.gamedev.place · 5 days agomessage-square6fedilink
Anthony@buc.ci · 6 days agoNowadays programming in a programming language I don't use daily seems to always require an upgrade cascade of editors, tools, plugins, dependencies, libraries, my DNA, ??? I put some effort intoplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareNowadays programming in a programming language I don't use daily seems to always require an upgrade cascade of editors, tools, plugins, dependencies, libraries, my DNA, ??? I put some effort intoplus-squareAnthony@buc.ci · 6 days agomessage-square6fedilink
Miguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 10 days agoThis article nails it. Just because LLMs don’t deliver flawless code, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use their help. That seems completely short-sighted to me. Just don’t rely on just one. And don’tplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareThis article nails it. Just because LLMs don’t deliver flawless code, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use their help. That seems completely short-sighted to me. Just don’t rely on just one. And don’tplus-squareMiguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 10 days agomessage-square6fedilink
Miguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 22 days ago"SDK generators are revolutionizing the way developers approach API integrations. These powerful tools automate the creation of software development kits (SDKs), eliminating the repetitive andplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square"SDK generators are revolutionizing the way developers approach API integrations. These powerful tools automate the creation of software development kits (SDKs), eliminating the repetitive andplus-squareMiguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 22 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Miguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 22 days ago"I’ve been experimenting with ways to fix this (because let’s face it, AI isn’t going anywhere). Here’s what’s actually working:plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-square"I’ve been experimenting with ways to fix this (because let’s face it, AI isn’t going anywhere). Here’s what’s actually working:plus-squareMiguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 22 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Miguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 22 days agoIdiots running amok:plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareIdiots running amok:plus-squareMiguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 22 days agomessage-square3fedilink
Harry Sintonen@infosec.exchange · 1 month agoIn my youth I wrote m68k assembly programs with tens of thousands of lines and speed optimized every section of the code, even initialization/cleanup executed exactly once. It was very very silly. Itplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareIn my youth I wrote m68k assembly programs with tens of thousands of lines and speed optimized every section of the code, even initialization/cleanup executed exactly once. It was very very silly. Itplus-squareHarry Sintonen@infosec.exchange · 1 month agomessage-square5fedilink
Miguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 2 months ago""Tasks that seemed straightforward often took days rather than hours, with Devin getting stuck in technical dead-ends or producing overly complex, unusable solutions," the researchers explain inplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-square""Tasks that seemed straightforward often took days rather than hours, with Devin getting stuck in technical dead-ends or producing overly complex, unusable solutions," the researchers explain inplus-squareMiguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 2 months agomessage-square4fedilink
Miguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 2 months ago"I am typically curious about new technology. It took very little experimentation with LLMs for me to want to see if I could extract practical value. There is an allure to a technology that can (atplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"I am typically curious about new technology. It took very little experimentation with LLMs for me to want to see if I could extract practical value. There is an allure to a technology that can (atplus-squareMiguel Afonso Caetano@tldr.nettime.org · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink