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		sgt 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Software engineers can no longer neglect their sof... What about those professional software developers still refusing to use AI / LLMs? I know a couple and they're still churning out code completely 100% manually. Heck, I even know a guy who refuses to use an IDE with Java and the indenting is a mess, but he gets there.

badgersnake 11 days ago | [–]

Refusing to use them or trying them and not getting value? Honestly I’ve tried them all and they’re all shit unless you’re doing trivial stuff.

Some of them don’t even do trivial stuff very well.

tayo42 11 days ago | [–]

How do you try them without paying?

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