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high_byte 21 hours ago

code is like assembly now.

in the olden days (pre-LLMs) we would write high-level code.

the entire layer was high-level code and rarely would we ever need to peak into the assembly:

writing, debugging, architecting, reviewing, testing - all were done in the high-level language layer.

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welcome to present day:

since we don't write code - we write intents, we also shouldn't review code either - we should review intents.

I don't review my code anymore. I ask the agent to generate markdown docs, graphviz diagrams, changelogs, audit reports, etc. I only review that.

I also ask it to write test and evaluate by whether the tests passed or not. I don't need to peak into the tests code - I can also ask plain english, pseudocode, control flow graph, whatever it is I want.

I can ask it to find errors or missing tests and improve that too!

code is like assembly now.

rare are the cases you would need to peak into that level.

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mejutoco 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> I ask the agent to generate markdown docs, graphviz diagrams, changelogs, audit reports, etc. I only review that.

From an alternative perspective, that is the code.

	▲	NichoPaolucci 21 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I sometimes end up at or near this conclusion when considering the future. Consider some software that was written by AI purely using markdown files. The spec was sufficient enough to classify all of the business logic, conditionals, etc... You might even end up creating "loops" that tell AI to do something over and over again. Some markdown files become standard, repeatable "functions" that are to be followed EXACTLY (determinism). Some markdown files become assertion tests. Heck, the markdown file might eventually invent some kind of "typing system" so that you know when you're working with the person "class", it's always going to have the same facets. I love the concept of it going in this direction - we already had plenty of languages to tell a computer what to do, we've just generated MORE text at a higher level and made it less deterministic. Just to clarify, I don't think it's likely that this is the end result, but it sure is funny to think about.