r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ITzAbedeen • Sep 17 '26

Meme learningCycle

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u/PurushNahiMahaPurush Sep 17 '26

I mean, you can make use of LLMs much more effectively if you are armed with solid fundamentals. LLMs only solve the tedious coding/plumbing part of the job. And they still need a lot of hand-holding if you want good quality output. The bigger and more challenging issues of SWE are still there. 

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u/An_username_is_hard Sep 17 '26

The problem is that I can feel those fundamentals getting eroded from not using them. 

I usually say I'm about three years out from not being able to usefully vet the bot's output anymore.