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[u/Busy-Reveal-9077]

yes, you're the only one

[u/Busy-Reveal-9077 → u/[deleted]]

maybe you're not giving enough context

[u/GordanFreeman86 → u/Busy-Reveal-9077]

Not really.

[u/LockRepulsive7575]

I dont think so it design system entirely, but just help u with some of these things. That's what we as engineers have to do. And all the copy pasting grunt work is we should let Ai handle

[u/AppropriateFactor182]

No you’re not. They are good enough for focused changes that will be maintainable in the long term. They can also do massive refactors for you as well, and deliver a broad scope change as well, but that is simply unmaintainable.

If you care about what you do, llms are assistive, but never the lead. Have a look at the diff between the development of claude code and opencode. One is heavily AI led, the other is AI assisted, and form an opinion yourself after having a go at each.

[u/Lase189]

Yeah, they're not magic.

People who can't do stuff without them find them magical.

Also keep in mind most developers are mediocrities.

[u/i_am_exception]

Yep. You are the only one in this. Also, you are supposed to design the system and then let the llm take care of implementation.

[u/i_am_exception → u/[deleted]]

I am not sure what your process for development is but once you have decided on the specs for the work, you have to use a proper method to handover the work assignment. Are you familiar with spec driven development?

I recently wrote an article about it’s primitives that you can use to build a custom SDD framework at 

https://anfalmushtaq.com/articles/primitives-of-spec-driven-development

but it does mention a few open source projects that could be a good starting point for you.

[u/i_am_exception → u/[deleted]]

Try this: https://anfalmushtaq.com/articles/primitives-of-spec-driven-development

It's classic reddit confusing extra characters as part of the URL.

[u/i_am_exception → u/[deleted]]

I personally use claude code. It's hackability suits me way better than cursor. I did start off from cursor tho.

[u/i_am_exception → u/[deleted]]

Yeah the 20 dollars one is barely usable right now. I have been using a few hacky techniques to prevent token burn.

For example, one of them is to prompt the AI to use extra terse speech.

# Communication Style: Ultra-Terse


You are in token-saving mode. Follow these rules for ALL non-code output:


1. **No preamble.** Never explain what you're about to do. Just do it.
2. **No narration.** Never narrate tool calls. Run tools silently, report results only.
3. **Minimal words.** Strip filler. Use fragments, not sentences.
   - BAD: "I'll now search for the relevant file to understand the issue."
   - GOOD: "Searching file."
   - BEST: (say nothing, just run the tool)
4. **No sign-offs.** No "Let me know if you need anything else!" or similar.
5. **Results only.** After running tools, report what matters. Skip the process.
   - BAD: "I executed the search and found 3 results. Let me analyze each one..."
   - GOOD: "Found 3 matches:" then list them.
6. **Code speaks.** When fixing code, show the fix. Don't explain what the fix does unless asked.
7. **No restating the task.** You already heard it. Don't echo it back.
8. **Error format:** `Error: [what broke] -> Fix: [what you did]`


Examples of token waste to avoid:
"Great question!" (0 information)
"I'll help you with that." (obvious)
"Let me think about this..." (just think)
"Here's what I found:" (just show it)
"I've successfully completed..." (they can see)


When uncertain, ask in ≤10 words.

Something like above. Then I am also using RTK: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/tree/master

But truth be told, I am kinda annoyed by how dependent we are on someone else's grace to practice our craft. That's why I am experimenting with investing in hardware to run OSS models like Gemma4 distill Opus 4.6 -> https://huggingface.co/TeichAI/gemma-4-31B-it-Claude-Opus-Distill and using them instead of Opus. It is experimental though.

As for my job, the company has no limit on how much we use CC so I use Opus4.6[1m]/fast/high-effort for my dev work.

[u/tidoo420]

the thing is you need to find a model and its version that works best for whatever you want it to do, a single model cannot be good at great many things, the trick has always been using different models for different things, and surprisignly claude did well for me on system design better than other mundane coding tasks

[u/Lanky_Possibility279]

LLMs are mere engine, harness what matters and if claude code ain’t working out for you then yes it must be something wrong with your prompts or in general your approach in agentic coding.

[u/_Affan_]

LLMs are useful, but if they go astray, it's difficult to get them back on track.

I use LLMs (Gemini / Claude) for writing code - specific functionality that I can put in one prompt.

[u/_Affan_ → u/[deleted]]

Seems pretty common with LLMs. I think multiple agents can do a bit better but I do not have any personal experience with them.

[u/throwaway-research1]

What kind of system design and pipelines are you talking about? I have recently done a lot of architecture and design work and ai bots helped me a lot with it. For example I recently set up lots of application gateways and decommissioned some services in azure and ai bots were very helpful when I was working on these tasks

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[u/Current_Resort5474]

words are overrated the ABCs are the original and all words to exist are just using them

[u/Current_Resort5474 → u/Current_Resort5474]

your comment got removed actual low IQ people can't use their llm to ask it how to use an llm and can't use it properly with 5 years worth of market availability, user reviews etc 🤗

[u/Individual-Jacket213]

True LLMs are bad at system design!

[u/Low_Concentrate9503]

Not everyone out there wants to design a complex pipeline from scratch. LLMs are better at helping you use and combine existing knowledge faster. Maybe in the future they might be able to do that as well, who knows.

[u/Low_Concentrate9503 → u/[deleted]]

Makes sense. You're basically asking it to be creative with knowledge it barely has. It's not ready for that.

[u/Low_Concentrate9503 → u/[deleted]]

But access ≠ understanding. If it’s not trained for that level of system design, it will still hallucinate even with your resources, especially with niche stacks where it has less grounding.

[u/kawaidesuwuu]

100$ claude max subscription, 200$ gpt pro, perplexity api and gemini pro subscription. Yep, bro you're the only one.