alt Hacker News> Coding via prompt is simply a new form of coding.
No, it isn't. "Write me a parser for language X" is like pressing a button on a photocopier. The LLM steals content from open source creators.
Now the desperate capital starved VC companies can downvote this one too, but be aware that no one outside of this site believes the illusion any longer.
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bdangubic • today at 2:57 AM
there isn’t a company in the united states of 50 or more people which doesn’t have daily/weekly/monthly “ai” meetings (I’ve been attending dozens this year, as recently as tuesday). comments like yours exist only on HN where selected group of people love talking about bubbles and illusions while the rest of us are getting sh*t done at pace we could not fathom just year or so ago…
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> The LLM steals content from open source creators.
Not according to court cases.
Courts ruled that machine learning is a transformative use, and just fine.
Pirating material to perform the training is still piracy, but open source licenses don't get that protection.
A summary of one such court case: https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/us-federal-judge-makes-l...
> "Write me a parser for language X" is like pressing a button on a photocopier.
What is the prompt "review this code" in your view? Because LLM-automated code review is a thing now.