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New comment by cstever in "Googlebook"

cstever — Wed, 13 May 2026 02:59:55 +0000

It's a formula for disgruntled customers who thought it would look ok because AI and then you won't be able to return it.

New comment by cstever in "Googlebook"

cstever — Wed, 13 May 2026 02:56:43 +0000

I know my comment is not useful, but this scenario makes me ill. We have been taught to consume. Forced to consume. Reminds me of that Monty Python skit. "It's only wafer thin." And then we explode. https://youtu.be/MFQuP-DSmGo

White-Collar Sweatshops

cstever — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:19:43 +0000

Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/what-made-law-into-a-white-collar-sweatshop-in-the-1980s

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48040447

Points: 4

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How LLMs Distort Our Written Language

cstever — Mon, 04 May 2026 19:46:03 +0000

Article URL: https://sites.google.com/view/llmwritingdistortion/home

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48013970

Points: 13

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Are We Becoming Architects or Butlers to LLMs?

cstever — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:26:41 +0000

Article URL: http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/02/butlers-or-architects.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060284

Points: 8

# Comments: 2

'This is the hill I'm going to die on' – David Baldacci takes on OpenAI

cstever — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:36:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/this-is-the-hill-im-going-to-die-on-david-baldacci-takes-on-openai-in-a-battle-over-stolen-creative-work

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47052955

Points: 4

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New comment by cstever in "Ex-GitHub CEO launches a new developer platform for AI agents"

cstever — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:28:17 +0000

With the how AI companies are advertising we can just tell the AI what we want and it will be done with no additional human interaction needed, why do we need a new type of development platform? We shouldn't need to collaborate at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJUuJtGgkQg

* This is snarky. Yes. But seriously.

New comment by cstever in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

cstever — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:46:03 +0000

It won't be called coding soon; Sometime in the future (soon?) we won't be talking about code. The few leftovers/managers/CEOs will only be talking about products not the code, not programming, not even operating systems. You won't hear about pull requests, or databases, or HTTP or any of that. You won't talk about programmers. At least not outside of "hobbies".

New comment by cstever in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

cstever — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:19:05 +0000

>> Why would I spend time babysitting an LLM when I could have just done it myself

Exactly this. From what I understand an LLM has a limited context and will get that context wrong anyway and that context is on the edge of a knife and can easily be lost.

I'd rather mentor developers and build a team of living, breathing, thinking, compassionate humans who then in turn can mentor other living, breathing, thinking, compassionate humans.

New comment by cstever in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

cstever — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:09:43 +0000

You 100% can be lazy. Just don't make the rest of us carry you.

New comment by cstever in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

cstever — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:47:45 +0000

Yes! I am not advocating for the 2 hours and the "vision" of managers and CEOs. Quite the contrary. But it is the world we live in for now. It's messy and chaotic and many people may (will?) be hurt. I don't like it. But I'm trying to be one of the "smart people". What does that look like? I hope I find out.

New comment by cstever in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

cstever — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:29:01 +0000

if it gets it right; I'd like someone to show me with a brand new install their AI coding flow and see it get it right. I must be broken because when I use claude code it can't get a gradle build file right.

New comment by cstever in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

cstever — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:22:33 +0000

That may be fine ... if it remains your choice. I'm saying companies are outmoding people (programmers, designers, managers, et al) who don't leverage AI to do their job the fastest. If one programmer uses AI to do boilerplate and then codes the interesting bits personally and it takes a week and another does it all with AI (orchestrating agents, etc) and it takes 2 hours and produces the same output (not code but business value), the AI orchestrator/manager will be valued above the former.

New comment by cstever in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

cstever — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:21:50 +0000

Serious question: so what then is the value of using an LLM? Just autocomplete? So you can use natural language? I'm seriously asking. My experience has been frustrating. Had the whole thing designed, the LLM gave me diagrams and code samples, had to tell it 3 times to go ahead and write the files, had to convince it that the files didn't exist so it would actually write them. Then when I went to run it, errors ... in the build file ... the one place there should not have been errors. And it couldn't fix those.

New comment by cstever in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

cstever — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:13:35 +0000

It does NOT remain to be seen. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/accenture-plans-on-exiting-s... Big players are already moving in the direction of "join us or leave us". So if you can't keep up and you aren't developing or "reinventing" something faster with the help of AI, it was nice knowing you.

New comment by cstever in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

cstever — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:08:05 +0000

People will pay for quality craftsmanship they can touch and enjoy and can afford and cannot do on their own - woodworking. Less so for quality code and apps because (as the Super Bowl ads showed us) anyone can create an app for their business and it's good enough. The days of high-paid coders is nearly gone. The senior and principals will hang on a little longer. Those that can adapt to business analyst mode and project manager will as well (CEOs have already told us this: adapt or get gone), but eventually even they will be outmoded because why buy a $8000 couch when I can buy one for $200 and build it myself?