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		cushychicken 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Human coders are still better than LLMs I have a mountain of professional experience that indicates many software engineers are not very good at it either. Why would I add a subpar translation layer into the process of achieving my goals? There’s no inherent value in that.

zahlman 13 days ago [–]

> Why would I add a subpar translation layer into the process of achieving my goals?

Because you don't have a choice. Your thoughts are not code.

cushychicken 12 days ago | [–]

I'd still take ChatGPT as that translation layer over all but the best SWEs I've worked with.

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