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by claytongulick 313 days ago
It's a commentary on one of the things I perceive as a flaw with LLMs, not you.

One of the most valuable qualities of humans is laziness.

We're constantly seeking efficiency gains, because who wants to carry buckets of water, or take laundry down to the river?

Skilled developers excel at this. They are "lazy" when they code - they plan for the future, they construct code in a way that will make their life better, and easier.

LLMs don't have this motivation. They will gleefully spit out 1000 lines of code when 10 will do.

It's a fundamental flaw.

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Now, go back and contemplate what my feedback means if I am well versed on Larry Wall-isms.