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lubujackson07/31/20251 replyview on HN

Oo, the "pets vs. livestock" analogy really works better than the "craftsmen vs. slop-slinger" arguments.

Because using an LLM doesn't mean you devalue well-crafted or understandable results. But it does indicate a significant shift in how you view the code itself. It is more about the emotional attachment to code vs. code as a means to an end.


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recursive07/31/2025

I don't think it's exactly emotional attachment. It's the likelihood that I'm going to get an escalated support ticket caused by this particular piece of slop/artisanally-crafted functionality.

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