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neomantra • today at 12:56 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I wasn’t exactly suggesting this. The source code (including SVG or DOCX or HTMl+JS for document work) is the primary ground truth which the LLM modifies. Humans might modify it too. This ground truth is then rendered (compiled, visualized) to the end product.

The PROMPTS.md is communication metadata. Indeed, if you fed the same series of prompts freshly, the resultant ground truths might not make sense because of the stochastic nature of LLMs.

Maybe “ground truth” isn’t exactly the right word, but it is the consistent, determined basis which formed from past work and will evolve with future work.

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enriquto • today at 1:55 PM

> because of the stochastic nature of LLMs.

But is this "stochastic nature" inherent to the LLM? Can't you make the outputs deterministic by specifying a version of the weights and a seed for the random number generator?

Your vibe coding log (i.e. your source code) may start like this:

    fix weights as of 18-1-2026
    set rng seed to 42

    write a program that prints hello world
Notice that the first two lines may be added automatically by the system and you don't need to write or even see them.
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