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jimbob4504/23/20252 repliesview on HN

The act of coding preserves your skills for that all-important verification step. No coding and the whole system falls apart.


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codr704/23/2025

Exactly, how are you supposed to verify anything when you don't have any skills left beyond prompting.

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pdimitar04/23/2025

Absolutely. That's why I don't give the LLM the reins for long, nor do I tell it to do the whole thing. I want to keep my mind sharp and my abilities honed.