'cattle, Not Pets' for Code
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The article 'Cattle, not pets' for code discusses treating code as disposable and replaceable, rather than being overly attached to it, a concept that resonates with some developers.
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foxyv
3 months ago
I am honestly curious if this developer has created anything with this method more complicated than a FizzBuzz. However, I think that by the time you are done writing unit tests to keep the LLM in line, you may as well have just written the thing yourself.
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