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ranyumetoday at 3:15 AM1 replyview on HN

I'd like more research done on context understanding other than NIAH. I don't believe LLMs support the context length companies say they support. But I need to know this to effectively use the tools. At least for coding.

Stuff like this:

1. Do: Best practice for X model is to include at max 10k lines of code + task + CONVENTIONS.md + architecture guidance. Only queue tasks for components that are fairly decoupled from the rest of the codebase (e.g. small modules).

2. Don't: Start a project without a clearly defined architecture in this format. Don't ask for tasks that require X amount of reading hops to understand the logic.

I find it frustrating that companies release their benchmaxxing without helping developers actually use their models. It's more ironic that some people think of these AIs as employees. Employees can work with their boss about the best way to achieve things! With LLMs you don't even know how to communicate with them and as a result their output is unreliable.


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skydhashtoday at 5:06 AM

You could swap those recommendations for programming without LLMs. Open any software engineering books and you’ll see a lot of good recommendations for building software.