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		taraparo on April 25, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Avoiding skill atrophy in the age of AI Before AI, I was googling and stackoverflowing the sh_t out of the internet because of subpar/absent/outdated documentation or obscure APIs of a lot of OSS libraries/frameworks. Now I am priming the sh_t out of AI prompts for the same stuff. I don't see much difference, except now I get results faster and more to the point.

Nullabillity on April 25, 2025 [–]

The difference is that there's nobody there to fact-check the bullshit that your LLM spews.

taraparo on April 25, 2025 | | [–]

Compilers, linters, test frameworks, Benchmarks, CIs do the fact checking.

NineWillows on April 25, 2025 | | [–]

Not even myself?

Nullabillity on April 25, 2025 | | [–]

Do you, though?

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