> I feel like the folks that believe we can continue to write code by hand are either in denial that LLMs will eventually (if not already) outperform handwritten code, or are in denial that employers will be ok with lower levels of productivity.

Cooking a steak and then flushing it straight down the toilet outperforms all the slow and tedious business of eating and digesting it, too.

Why should I use an LLM to write code? It cannot do the job I want it to. It cannot type the code I've already written and it cannot generate correct code.

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jader201 37 minutes ago | parent [-]

> Cooking a steak and then flushing it straight down the toilet outperforms all the slow and tedious business of eating and digesting it, too.

That would be more equivalent to writing the code and immediately deleting it.

Except this code is being deployed, and it is still (mostly) functional, at least functional enough to satisfy your employer (their “hunger” in your analogy).

> Why should I use an LLM to write code? It cannot do the job I want it to.

Because your employer is convinced that it can do the job they want it to (whether it does the job you want it to do is irrelevant, unless you're the employer, in which case 100% handwrite your code).

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ErroneousBosh 31 minutes ago | parent [-]

> Except this code is being deployed, and it is still (mostly) functional, at least functional enough to satisfy your employer (their “hunger” in your analogy).

Bzzzt. Wrong. I don't give a fuck who's satisfied by my code. I only care about writing it.

> Because your employer is convinced that it can do the job they want it to

Bzzzt. Wrong. The code is incorrect because it is not precisely the code I would have written.

LLMs are useless to me because they don't solve the problem of actually typing the code I've written into a computer.

	▲	mrmiraclebr 11 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Thing is, companies don’t care if it’s not your code or your view of it. If it works, that’s what they want. Since I stopped typing code I’ve been using my time to play some video games, read some books etc while the agents do the boring stuff (work itself). I get paid, the company is more productive, I got a bonus and a raise, everyone’s happy.
	▲	jader201 19 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Again, unless you’re the employer, then you’re getting paid by someone that cares more about productivity than whether you think LLMs produce incorrect code. All that matters is whether they agree with you. The only control you have over this is to either a) work for yourself, or b) keep looking until you find an employer that agrees with you. My argument is that the number of employers that fall under (b) is shrinking.