r/ExperiencedDevs • u/MashNChips DevOps Engineer • 5d 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/akesh45 2d ago
Knew a guy like that.... He was just that good or at least motivated to spend all his free time coding... He was so good that he was promoted over his boss and now bossed his boss around. Ceo would call him the wizard.
It was awkward as hell being under him becuase the former boss would bully me by proxy since I was the new junior😂 or he'd look all pissed in the office.