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by DennisL123 2 days ago
There’s something missing in the discussion. Building software is about achieving outcomes, not about generating output, ie tokens. Yet, the ai business case is selling output, obviously. Not sure how to reconcile the two. Ideas?
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Yes this 100%. I'd say: don't overrate how you do it; it matters more what you do, especially with LLM models. It's just a tool.
Building bridges is about achieving outcomes and utility, but steel and cement suppliers are selling by ton.
To extend this analogy, vibe coding can be defined as dumping steel and cement out of a helicopter into the water and calling the result a bridge because you can technically walk on it.