One of the Swift’s worst parts is how Apple keeps putting features in there just for the sake of SwiftUI.
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Rules engines were designed for just such a thing. Validating input/output. You don’t need a human to prompt AI, you need a pipeline.
While a single LLM won’t replace you. A well designed system of flows for software engineering using LLMs will.
Well, who designs the system of flows?
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Well, he still is a terrorist symphatizer, just rich now.
Sounds like LLM powered support. This is the sort of run around you can program into such systems.
I am also betting on this. Google used their dumb bots in support since time immemorial, but now these dumb bots are supercharged by LLMs. Except they are still as dumb as before.
I still remember trying to get my Google Play account unbanned in 2014 after I clicked on my own ad in the app once to test that it’s working. Lovely times. Got the account back, but not due to my actions - their dumb bots masquerading as humans were giving me the runaround, and then I just randomly got my account back.
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I've job hopped a bit. I've gone from junior to senior to lead to mid-level to staff to senior. I have ten years experience.
My career trajectory is wild. At this rate I'll be CTO soon, then back to mid-level.
It also doesn’t help that definition of who “staff engineer” is varies wildly by the company.
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Opinion poll:
Python is extremely suitable for these kind of problems. C++ is also often used, especially by competitive programmers.
Which "non-mainstream" or even obscure languages are also well suited for AoC? Please list your weapon of choice and a short statement why it's well suited (not why you like it, why it's good for AoC).
Not sure if Kotlin is non-mainstream, but being able to use the vast Java libraries choice and a much nicer syntax are great boons.
…What am I even reading? Am I crazy to think this is a crazy thing to say, or it’s actually crazy?