Ask HN: What software dev tasks have you found LLMs to be good at versus bad at?
3•ronbenton•3mo ago
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Cadwhisker•3mo ago
Helping me get up to speed with an unfamiliar API much, much faster than any online searching.
I can describe an example application and see which API is chosen, along with which functions/methods are called and in what order and with what data structures.
I take it from there and build on that by hand. Take Python UI development, for example. I can ask for a window with a zoomable bitmap image with scrollbars. I get an answer I can refer to in seconds. If I know that I want PySide6 or PyQt6, I can specify that, or I can ask for a list of Python UI APIs and their strengths/weaknesses.
Cadwhisker•3mo ago
I can describe an example application and see which API is chosen, along with which functions/methods are called and in what order and with what data structures.
I take it from there and build on that by hand. Take Python UI development, for example. I can ask for a window with a zoomable bitmap image with scrollbars. I get an answer I can refer to in seconds. If I know that I want PySide6 or PyQt6, I can specify that, or I can ask for a list of Python UI APIs and their strengths/weaknesses.