> The author does not understand what LLMs and coding tools are capable of today.
Not really, I would say they used it well and understood the limitations of LLM exactly. No matter how much polished the output or how good it is, LLMs can't build mental models of a codebase like a human does because they are just statistical machines.
I review PRs/commits, not files. Given the right cage to lock the agent inside, and guardrails built around, and conventions and guidelines, and agentic flows so it can pull in what's needed.. the need to look at every line and file during implementation is significantly lessened. So then I review the final output (which is a unit of work/task wrapped in a PR).
I'm flexible with the tech stack and open to learn anything I don't know and would like to work in end to end solutions and solving technical problems.
Illegal things are going to happen mostly in physical world regardless of where they plan it. The government can catch them while they're at it or after. The governments are fear-mongering and creating a public narrative to support mass surveillance.
There are only very few illegal things that can happen within the telegram app like fraud, or minor abuse. Those must be reported by end users and individual actions can be taken against them.
What the government is asking is a massive backdoor for surveillance in the name of preventing crime, but they decide what they can monitor. It is a pandora box and if you open it there is no going back. Even if the current government is asking it with purest intentions and manage it well, the same can not be said for any next elected governments.
> People who use third party apps are outliers. They do not make Reddit any money
I do agree with you. Bu the outliers usually feed the site with good content. There is a quote by Paul G (or someone)
> whatever the hackers do on the weekends, normal people will be doing regularly in 10 years.
This is a recital from memory, prone to be watered down. But the idea is that the outliers are the ones that makes it worthwhile to be in the community. If they are gone because for any reason, landed somewhere else, the normal users will eventually move away. It is not going to be visible immediately, but will have negative effects in the long run.
Like gamblers and drug addicts, power users are the ones most likely to return to the site after leaving. There really are no true alternatives like in the Digg days, so I assume most power users will begrudgingly use the official app. Hell, I use a third party app and I just downloaded the official app as well.
Not really, I would say they used it well and understood the limitations of LLM exactly. No matter how much polished the output or how good it is, LLMs can't build mental models of a codebase like a human does because they are just statistical machines.