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gabrielso commented on Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck ordep.dev/posts/writing-c... · Posted by u/phire

CerebralCerb · 2 months ago

I have yet to see anyone who previously could not write code be able to do so, beyond simple scripts, with LLM's.

gabrielso · 2 months ago

In my experience, non-coders with LLMs can go beyond simple scripts and build non-trivial small applications nowadays, but the difference of outcomes between them and a competent coder with LLMs is still staggering.

gabrielso commented on Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck ordep.dev/posts/writing-c... · Posted by u/phire

virgilp · 2 months ago

TBH, I feel like the biggest help Cursor gives me is with understanding large-ish legacy codebases. It's an excellent (& active) "rubber duck". So I'm not sure the argument holds - LLMs don't just write code.

gabrielso · 2 months ago

I'm not having the same positive experience on a >25yo insanely large and codebase built with questionable engineering practices

gabrielso commented on Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck ordep.dev/posts/writing-c... · Posted by u/phire

gabrielso · 2 months ago

The article misses the point that LLMs are not removing the bottleneck of writing code for people who know how to write code. It's removing this bottleneck for everyone else.

gabrielso commented on Why is it so hard to measure productivity? fractional.work/p/why-is-... · Posted by u/svsaraf

aeternum · 2 years ago

So would you just fire the entire team if a product does poorly?

Many individuals don't like startups because of this risk, most startup only get 1-2 chances to get productivity right. Very few waste time measuring productivity.

gabrielso · 2 years ago

Start-ups don't get 1-2 chances to get productivity right. They get 1-2 chances to get PRODUCT right.

If they don't get productivity right from the get-go, they only get 1 chance instead of the "1-2 chances".

That's the risk most individuals don't like about startups, if productivity is not a centerpiece of their operation, the leadership pushes for the only other solution they believe: long hours in inhumane working conditions.

I don't believe there's causation between a start-up productivity and their product success, but I would love to be proven wrong.

gabrielso commented on I don’t believe in sprints robinrendle.com/notes/i-d... · Posted by u/threeme3

gabrielso · 3 years ago

I lost 3 minutes of my life on that article and will lose 5 more to let you know you can skip it.

It's just a rant from someone that thinks they're too good to be managed, probably that kind of engineer that has 10 conflicts a week with everyone in the company because they won't budge on their unfounded personal opinions.

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