Let's make it very clear - this is the original creator of redis, or one of them.

He is not "your avg dev" and it took him 4 months with llm.

This is not a seal of approval for you to go and command all your developers to move to Claude code/codex/any other ai coding tool fully.

I'm looking at you - any avg CEO of a startup.

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DrammBA 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> He is not "your avg dev" and it took him 4 months with llm.

To clarify, from TFA:

> even before LLMs the implementation was likely something I could do in four months. What changed is that in the same time span, I was able to do a lot more

The initial timeframe was 4 months, he was able to do more work within the same timeframe with LLMs.

	▲	tracker1 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I would add that the output was likely more as well.. ex: more thorough tests, documentation, etc. I've been working on a Database adapter for a couple months using an LLM... I've got a couple minor refactors to do still, then getting the "publish" to jsr/npm working... I've mostly held off as I haven't actually done a full review of the code... I've reviewed the tests, and confirmed they're working though. The hard part is there's some features I really want when in Windows to a Windows SQL Server instance that isn't available in linux/containers. I don't think I'll ever choose SQL again, but at least I can use/access a good API with windows direct auth and FILESTREAM access in Deno/Bun/Node. FWIW: My final implementation landed on ODBC via rust+ffi so after I get the mssql driver out, I'll strip a few bits in a fork and publish a more generic odbc client adapter. using/dispose and async iterators as first class features in the driver.

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simonw 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's a pretty strong endorsement for the idea that coding agents, used skillfully by experienced developers, can further amplify their expertise.

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slig an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>He is not "your avg dev" and it took him 4 months with llm.

He's not, but his work is obviously not average.

Average dev work is plumbing and CRUDs.

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