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by sltr
43 days ago
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from the post: > It was reasonable to be skeptical the first time It's still reasonable to be skeptical. A few weeks ago a post was discussed here on HN [1] that asked: > What would have to be true for us to ‘check English into the repository’ instead of code? to which I replied: > Code is already the cheapest path to working, correct software. LLMs do not change the calculus because figuring out what to make is the expensive part, not coding it up. Skipping code makes the specification of what to make even more expensive and throws away the tools that keep precision affordable. Programming in English would be more expensive than just using a programming language. [2] [1] https://annievella.com/posts/finding-comfort-in-the-uncertai... [2] https://www.slater.dev/2026/05/why-english-will-never-be-a-p... |
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