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steveBK123yesterday at 4:28 PM1 replyview on HN

If you talk to it like a programmer talks to a computer, it works a lot better.

So the question remains if non-programmers will adapt, the LLMs will accept wider range of input styles, or .. its just another abstraction layer for devs to use.

I've observed this in the wild where someone is iterating with an LLM and giving it only negative feedback. For example responding to edits with "don't make it blue" rather than "keep the existing button shape, and change the color back to green".

The LLM doesn't really come back the way a human would and say "so what color do you want?".. it just, guesses. Now abstract that to more complex tasks.


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iugtmkbdfil834yesterday at 11:17 PM

I hear ya. I actually started a small group at work trying to help non-tech people adopt better postures, because company rolled it out to everyone ( in a typical corporate fashion mind ) without any real help beyond 'well, try it'. It no wonder we get interesting assertions from our executives, who, seemingly, barely spent any time with it.