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Comment on Ask HN: Anyone still coding like 2021? Where do you work?

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Yes, I do. I don't see an advantage to using LLMs in my main project. I do see dangers: losing the overview.

A colleague does use it extensively on another project, and it's near impossible to follow at some points, even though it's a small project. There's a lot of code duplication, that's for sure. And there was a complete lack of security, as the project started as a simple nodejs based demo, and then sprawled out. I fixed that the old fashioned way on the outside (sessions, auth, and a CRUD API).

I do use LLMs occasionally, for converting code (something they're really good at), and trying to find bugs, that kind of thing. It is really impressive, and it's fucking up education.

As the meme says: start eating healthy now, because your future doctor will have vibed his way through med school.

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