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A theory I have (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev
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I thought of this recently (anti llm content within)

The reason a lot of companies/people are obsessed with llms and the like, is that it can solve some of their problems (so they think). The thing I noticed, is a LOT of the things they try to force the LLM to fix, could be solved with relatively simple programming.

Things like better searches (seo destroyed this by design, and kagi is about the only usable search engine with easy access), organization (use a database), document management, etc.

People dont fully understand how it all works, so they try to shoehorn the llm to do the work for them (poorly), while learning nothing of value.

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's been true ever since the first graduates came out knowing COBOL instead of assembly. Everything keeps getting more bloated and buggy.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wish I could go back and learn all the old ways, but no one teaches that now. I hate learning things the new way with all the shortcuts and bloat everything has now

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There are lots of assembly programming YouTubers. My way of scratching that itch is Arduino / ESP32. The tool chain is all C code but it's so stripped down there's not even an OS. It's just your code on the hardware.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I do love the little arduinos and pis, but I can't think of any application I'd need one for.

Also is just kind of a bummer since ai can do all the coding, there's not much purpose in me learning it all from scratch. Back in the day, you HAD to learn that way, and I much prefer that. Everything is much too easy now and I think humanity is going to see the result of that in 15 years with the up and coming generation.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I do love the little arduinos and pis, but I can't think of any application I'd need one for.

Also is just kind of a bummer since ai can do all the coding, there's not much purpose in me learning it all from scratch. Back in the day, you HAD to learn that way, and I much prefer that. Everything is much too easy now and I think humanity is going to see the result of that in 15 years with the up and coming generation.