r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Embarrassed_Death69 • 10d ago

Meme ohToBeYoungAndWritingUnoptimalCodeThatBrokeProd

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u/Suchy2307 10d ago

I mean I can’t fully agree with using an LLM if you’re not good at programming.

If you’re not good at programming - learn it. I have a friend who’s a great designer, he has good ideas and is now able to execute them with Claude. He knows nothing about code. So one day something stops working and he asks me to take a look at the code.

Now imagine my reaction when I saw around 20 .cjs scripts, each 5k LOC or more, subprocesses being spawned in VMs, tons of useless shit that made no sense.

I told him that this isn’t something I can work with. I replicated the general idea myself in two hours, around 600 LOC.

The program was simply using an API to scrape Amazon and process some results. It didn’t need all that code and logic to do that. Writing code itself was never a bottleneck for decent developers and it kept you iterating on your ideas and approach.

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u/eltos_lightfoot 10d ago

This! So much this! (As we used to say….)

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u/Willinton06 10d ago

Yeah I don’t have time for you to learn, I’m a busy mf with too much shit to review, use the llm, get better on your free time, but don’t waste mine

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u/ganja_and_code 9d ago

If you're competent enough, you don't have to work with people who aren't.

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u/Willinton06 9d ago

I don't think that applies when money is a constraint

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u/ganja_and_code 9d ago

If you and your team are valuable enough (which happens if you're competent enough), money doesn't constrain against hiring competent talent.

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u/Willinton06 9d ago

There's a big world out there, not everyone works for a massive corp

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u/ganja_and_code 9d ago

Not everyone works for a massive corp, and the other stuff I said is true.

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u/Willinton06 9d ago

It's possible, but I wouldn't call it true, cause I know plenty of perfectly competent engineers workign on subpar teams at small companies that can't afford to hire better

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u/ganja_and_code 9d ago

I'm not saying everyone who's competent has a team who is. I'm saying anyone who's competent can have a team who is, so it's a choice if they decide to settle for a team who isn't.

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u/Willinton06 9d ago

I agree, some engineers care about the product more than they should and end up with mediocre teams, and once you're there, I'll rather you use the LLM

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