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Comment · 8 months ago
I am also of the opinion that LLMs are still pretty bad at what's called "Low level design" - that is structuring functions and classes in a project. I wonder if a rule like torvalds' "No more than 4 levels of indentation" might make them work better.
Comment · 8 months ago
Comment · 8 months ago
But javascript is not java. can we blame your grandma?
Comment · 8 months ago
> There is a reason why if you aren't in a Tier 1 tech hub like SV, NYC, Beijing, Hangzhou, TLV, Bangalore, and Hyderabad you are increasingly out of the loop for a number of changes that are happening within the industry.

I am in one of these tech hubs (Bangalore) and I have never seen any such practitioner pervasively using these "AI executive assistants". People use chatgpt and sometimes the AI extensions like copilot. Do I need to be in HSR layout to see these "number of changes"?

Comment · 9 months ago
X (formerly twitter)-tier generalization.
Comment · 9 months ago
Its true. Only problem we avoid speaking such things to westerners is that your left-brained 90IQ liberal arts media picks it up and spins as an anti-brahmin narrative (who are less than 10%) while most perpetrators of such crimes are landholding classes (often grouped as "other backward caste" for political reasons).
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
They are also under fire for putting misleading adverts in low-income countries like Brazil and India, sounding like they are going to be sold if they don't get enough donation.

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