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AI is an impediment to learning web development
July 21, 2024 Some thoughts on AI and LLMs, based on being Head of Engineering for JumboCode, a club of 180 students at Tufts University that builds software for non-profits. For context, almost all of our developers are learning web development (TypeScript, React, etc) from scratch, and have little prior experience with programming.
Some thoughts on AI and LLMs, based on being Head of Engineering for JumboCode, a club of 180 students at Tufts University that builds software for non-profits. I didn’t spend the year hawk-eyeing the teams’ repositories, but when I did poke my head in, I found substantial portions that looked LLM-written — that is to say, overly-commented, dissonant, and, at times, horrifying. You’ll learn a lot more by asking a real human, like your tech lead or a member of JumboCode’s board.
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