Baldur BjarnasonAll the devs saying that Anthropic’s code quality is “normal” are telling on themselves and everybody they’ve worked with
(Also supports what many have been saying about software quality being a crisis that precedes LLMs, but that’s another story)
Martijn Frazer@baldur the software crisis is definitely what enabled vibe coding, I feel.
When making software was an artisan process, it was hard for corporations to scale it and treat programmers like cogs in a machine.
So they've been trying more and more to fit software development into a neat mold, essentially dumbing down the process, to the point where making an app has become "just slap together some libraries and hey presto".
That has 100% laid the foundation for LLM-generated code, I feel.
Dan W@Tijn @baldur @angiebaby
Other industries are trying to replace skilled information workers with bots too.
I’m an automotive parts interpreter that specialises in crash repairs, the amount of BS generated estimates that come across my desk that are completely wrong is astonishing!
And when you provide the correct estimate to the repairer, they are in denial. “The computer said I need these parts, *you* must be wrong”.
Then they call back a week later for me to order and supply the correct parts.
We also refuse credit returns on parts orders that haven’t been vetted by us.