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by mlinhares 23 days ago
I keep telling people that they have to design and think about it first and then go to the tool, but they keep saying “Claude can plan too” and obviously it produces some shit that requires a lot of changes while when I get it to go I can almost always one shot the stuff I want because I am actually putting in the time to give it a detailed plan of what to do.

Even just saving me the time to deal with CI is worth it.
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allthetime 23 days ago
Effective planning with LLMs isn’t prompting “design me a system” - it’s asking “how would a system to accomplish x be designed” and then engaging in dialogue and research with the LLM as an assistant and critic - running outputs through other agents for further critique and refinement - asking for justifications of decisions you are not informed enough to evaluate properly yourself. It is entirely possible to develop strong systems outside of your current skill and knowledge with methods like this. When done properly your own knowledge should have grown to meet the product you end up with.
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tempest_ 23 days ago
> It is entirely possible to develop strong systems outside of your current skill and knowledge with methods like this.

If this is true how can you confidently make this assertion.

You yourself are not in a position to evaluate it, you are just running it through a couple times hoping for a "oh wait, you're right to call me out on that, that is not correct at all".

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radlad 23 days ago
1. Tell it to find docs and research best practices.

2. Ask for references and read them.

> When done properly your own knowledge should have grown to meet the product you end up with.

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cyanydeez 23 days ago
I've found relying on my own research first for a local LLM works much better. Asking a biased source to find it's own research will result in biased research.
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bluefirebrand 23 days ago
It sounds like people are treating it exactly like managers treat software engineers

"Here's my idea, go build it please"

"Can I ask you questions about it?"

"Hey, You're the engineer you figure it out. That's why I pay you"

Tale as old as time

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