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When I let LLMs introduce changes into an existing, complex system, no matter how much context I give, I always end up having to go in and fix things by hand
interpol_p on Hacker News
In the thread “LLM-powered tools amplify developer capabilities rather than replacing them”
Helped: Brainstorming refactors and feature ideas by dumping context into LLMs.
Got in the way: Generating code for complex existing systems requires manual fixes.
… The times when I get LLMs to write code are the times when the problem is tightly defined and it is an insular component. When I let LLMs introduce changes into an existing, complex system, no matter how much context I give, I always end up having to go in and fix things by hand (with the risk that something I don't understand slips through).