Not a dev myself, but I happened to see sitting near some the other day and got their take on how they use it.
They seem to be throwing mundane tasks such as creating a project plan at it. My guess is it spits out something and they treat it like a template and edit it until it says what they want.
They also seem to be throwing their tasks at the machine and then editing what it says to fit their environment. The one said they have several terminals open and they have them spit out code, have the other check out, and the others are reviewing what he is adding.
Being a scripter, I personally think it would be a lot of work to accept the code if it isn’t flowing the way I expected. If I did start accepting it, how long until I give over my trust to the machine? Will I lose my own voice? How long until I stop relying on my research and just take what is handed to me?
I only use SQL at work and not really had much use with AI. I can’t give it our databases and the time it takes to describe the issue is usually slower than writing the solution myself.
I have had it provide useful output when other options failed but it’s few and far between.
I have some experience with SQL from Access. I can see it providing some guidance for how to do a join, but the deeper you get the more it starts resembling an expanded regex. I don’t expect the generated SQL to get the lists and parenthesis correct.
Not a dev myself, but I happened to see sitting near some the other day and got their take on how they use it.
They seem to be throwing mundane tasks such as creating a project plan at it. My guess is it spits out something and they treat it like a template and edit it until it says what they want.
They also seem to be throwing their tasks at the machine and then editing what it says to fit their environment. The one said they have several terminals open and they have them spit out code, have the other check out, and the others are reviewing what he is adding.
Being a scripter, I personally think it would be a lot of work to accept the code if it isn’t flowing the way I expected. If I did start accepting it, how long until I give over my trust to the machine? Will I lose my own voice? How long until I stop relying on my research and just take what is handed to me?
I only use SQL at work and not really had much use with AI. I can’t give it our databases and the time it takes to describe the issue is usually slower than writing the solution myself.
I have had it provide useful output when other options failed but it’s few and far between.
I have some experience with SQL from Access. I can see it providing some guidance for how to do a join, but the deeper you get the more it starts resembling an expanded regex. I don’t expect the generated SQL to get the lists and parenthesis correct.
Why would I need an LLM to join 2 tables?
Not as much as asking the LLM to do so, but I feel that joining two tables is a basic task for us but I wouldn’t entrust it to the machine.
Asking an LLM takes longer than typing join myself and is more likely to get it wrong.
I get it. You know what you have to do and it’s faster if you do it yourself. It was the point I was getting at.