alt Hacker NewsWhy would "memory" be relevant to that? I honestly don't see it be much more relevant to "write maintainable code" than it is to "play chess".
Why would "memory" be relevant to that? I honestly don't see it be much more relevant to "write maintainable code" than it is to "play chess".
Have you even onboarded somebody at work? There's a big difference between the newcomer and the dev who's been there for 5 years, even at the same seniority level on paper.
And that difference is in the memory. The LLM can work during 5 years on the codebase and still will be as good as a newcomer.
You can somewhat partially compensate for this bad memory by writing tons of guardrails and tons of extra LLM focused documentation, but it doesn't do everything.
Essentially, it's like talking to somebody who has a permanent memory damage.