alt Hacker NewsI keep telling people that they have to design and think about it first and then go to the tool, but they keep saying “Claude can plan too” and obviously it produces some shit that requires a lot of changes while when I get it to go I can almost always one shot the stuff I want because I am actually putting in the time to give it a detailed plan of what to do.
Even just saving me the time to deal with CI is worth it.
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bluefirebrand • today at 7:34 PM
It sounds like people are treating it exactly like managers treat software engineers
"Here's my idea, go build it please"
"Can I ask you questions about it?"
"Hey, You're the engineer you figure it out. That's why I pay you"
Tale as old as time
Effective planning with LLMs isn’t prompting “design me a system” - it’s asking “how would a system to accomplish x be designed” and then engaging in dialogue and research with the LLM as an assistant and critic - running outputs through other agents for further critique and refinement - asking for justifications of decisions you are not informed enough to evaluate properly yourself. It is entirely possible to develop strong systems outside of your current skill and knowledge with methods like this. When done properly your own knowledge should have grown to meet the product you end up with.