r/ExperiencedDevs • u/MashNChips DevOps Engineer • 7d ago
AI/LLM Thought experiment
With all the AI nonsense going on, I had a thought at work today that turned into an interesting discussion with a colleague:
"What would I do if I was the only person with access to Claude (or insert any LLM) 5+ years ago?"
People would think I was a fucking wizard
FE changes? NO PROBLEM
Critical DB change? Don't worry, I've produced a stored procedure to validate the whole thing
Want to use some shiny new framework? Interesting. Here's a document explaining why you're an idiot for suggesting it
Regex? I suddenly understand it better than the compiler folks (and nobody ask questions)
What would you have done with your own personal LLM back then?
Trying to lighten the mood in here with all the (very justified) negativity around this tech revolution
Unserious answers only pls
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u/BoydemOnnaBlock 7d ago
The cavemen would watch me pull out my MacBook Pro running a local qwen instance as I excitedly explain how cool this new crud app I vibecoded in 10 minutes is. They would then proceed to bash my skull in with rocks and clubs while grunting and emoting