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Developer expresses continued dislike but recent utility of LLMs

The author expresses significant reservations about large language models (LLMs), citing concerns over various issues and their limited utility for their specific software development tasks until recently. Despite a continued dislike for LLMs, a recent experience demonstrated their practical usefulness, leading to a grudging acknowledgment of their value. AI

IMPACT Reflects ongoing developer sentiment and evolving perceptions of LLM utility in software development.

RANK_REASON The item is a personal opinion piece about LLMs from a developer.

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Developer expresses continued dislike but recent utility of LLMs

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I don't like LLMs, I am very concerned about all sorts of problems with them. My experience until recently was also that they were not actually useful for the s

    I don't like LLMs, I am very concerned about all sorts of problems with them. My experience until recently was also that they were not actually useful for the sort of software development I do. But last week I got pushed into trying it again and I still don't like it but the outp…