alt Hacker NewsYes you have to be careful, but the LLM will read and process core and documentation literally millions of times faster than you, so it's worth it
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skydhash • yesterday at 11:12 PM
Why does it matter? We have table of contents, index and references for books and other contents. That’s a lot of navigational aid. Also they help in providing you a general overview of the domain.
I mean, is it really that hard to find information in the docs?
Like, if I want to find out what, I don't know, "GetQueuedCompletionStatus" does. I google
GetQueuedCompletionStatus
Find this page:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/ioapiset...
Bam, that's the single source of truth right there. Microsoft's docs are pretty great
If I use an LLM, I have to ask it for the documentation about "GetQueuedCompletionStatus". Then I have to double check its output, because LLMs hallaucinate
Doubly checking its output involves googling "GetQueuedCompletionStatus", finding this page:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/ioapiset...
And then reading the docs to validate whether or not what its told me is correct. How does this save me any time?