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by throwaway8754aw 572 days ago
In our field you needed / need to learn new things to stay relevant yet now the new thing does it almost all for you.

As well if one generation is using AI to get things done why wouldn't a younger generation do the same? Do as I say and not as I do.. that never has held well over time.
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corinroyal 572 days ago
But you already learned the web stack--school kids haven't. Your mental model is what prepared you to use LLMs well to solve a problem. So if they're going to do as you did, they need to learn the subject first and then learn how to extend their reach with LLMs. Otherwise, they're just cheating in school.
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throwaway8754aw 572 days ago
You don't need that knowledge as i just went to GPT and asked it ...

"I need to create a dropdown for a website can you help me make it?"

And then I asked,

"How do I make what you wrote above work?"

It detailed the things one needs to do ..copy/paste each block of code in three separate notepad files and save each one accordingly (index.html, style.css and script.js) all in one folder. Once that's done double click on the index.html to run the dropdown.

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ailef 571 days ago
And your colleagues really spent a few days trying to figure this out?
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throwaway8754aw 565 days ago
Using select2 when u do a search it highlights search result but he wanted it only on click .. only way to do that is not use select2. Yet all drop downs in the app use select2
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bdangubic 572 days ago
the kids are going to be in a different world than we are. just like it was useful for us to learn a foreign language (still being taught it schools but those days are numbered) for kids these days it is a waste of time (I am sure there are many studies that say being bi/tri/… lingual has benefits beyond communication but you get my point).

I think while we may think “they need to learn the subject first…” do they really? and if they do why? e.g. someone teaching their kid “web development” in soon-to-be 2025 is insane given the tools we have now… so while there are things for sure kids should learn it is not easy to figure out what those things actually are

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