i do not want to get into the business of posting LLM takes but very briefly:
It feels clear to me that some people* are getting value out of using LLMs for programming. Basically see https://simonwillison.net/'s whole blog. If I think about it purely on the basis of "in a vacuum, can this help me write programs", it seems like an exciting technology.
BUT...
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(* it also feels clear that some people are NOT getting value out of LLMs, hoping to avoid flamewars about that please)
@b0rk Of interest: Chris #Lattner ("Mr.#LLVM") has carefully reviewed the code of #CCC (Claude C Compiler), which is a complete C compiler capable of compiling the entire Linux kernel (although not yet at high quality), produced in Rust in 2 weeks almost fully automatically by the Claude LLM. Lattner has written an insightful blog post about it:
https://www.modular.com/blog/the-claude-c-compiler-what-it-reveals-about-the-future-of-software
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