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LLMs can make you produce more code faster, but is that actually a good thing? Maybe your product is good because of the features that you choose not to build. jola.dev/posts/limite...

jola.devLimited output is a featureGreat startups don't win because they write more code, they win because they think differently.

Louis Pilfold

@lpil.uk

4 Aug

Cool perspective. I can see how the addictive nature of being super productive in terms of producing code could distract you from perhaps more important word.

johanna

@jola.dev

Yeah, and the bottleneck is your attention. Either you split it across lots of low value things, or you just ship without being deliberate about it and just ship slop. Or you avoid the temptation of trying to do everything

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Louis Pilfold

@lpil.uk

5 Aug

I already really struggle with this with PRs from humans, let alone robots.

Frank Kumro

@kumro.dev

5 Aug

The robots are the worst, I simply cannot get myself to lock in and properly review AI code.

Louis Pilfold

@lpil.uk

6 Aug

We don't accept it for Gleam core. It just doesn't work for us. I could see how wealthy corporations could have workflows that suit it well, though I think I would find it personally challenging.