I'm honestly started to get pissed seeing these articles on HN every day. Aren't we technologists? I see these articles and it's just people who can't accept the future, or feel threatened by it, or are pissed they are not contributing to it.
I'm an expert in my field with decades of experience, and a damn good programmer, and Cursor is like zipping down the street on a powered bike. There is no wishful thinking here!
Can I use it for everything? No, and that applies to every tool. But ffs I have to read here every day on HN some self-important blogger telling me I'm imagining things.
Yeah, I read your article. It's the latest in the stream of "everyone is full of crap" about LLMs.
You say you've used it to build multiple projects, but then title it "everything is wishful thinking". That makes no sense. You're either click-baiting or have an inconsistent stance.
> This is crypto all over again
No. The fundamental vision for BTC is that it grows to be a mainstream currency for a huge variety of use cases. If BTC continues to be used just for pirate sites, black market, etc, then it will be considered to have failed. With LLMs the success is immediate. We don't need LLMs to solve every software problem, for them to be massive accelerator of daily coding.
> That makes no sense. You're either click-baiting or have an inconsistent stance.
Or you haven't actually understood a single thing from the article.
Like the fact you say "aren't we technologists" immediately followed by a completely unverifiable claim that everyone is supposed to take at face value, uncritically.
And any criticism is immediately labeled as "crap", "people who can't see the future" etc. Remind you of anyone?
You had a fine criticism in the article: that people's claims of success or failure should be accompanied by contextual information, to prevent bad extrapolations. But then you title it "Everything around LLMs is still magical and wishful thinking." Was this tongue in cheek? Hyperbole for effect? Because it seems you're saying that when the data comes out, people will realize this was all a fraud.
There's a big difference between stating "everything" here is wishful thinking, versus calling for more data to understand the strengths and weaknesses.
"People make huge outrageous claims without backing them up with anything except 'trust me bro', and people uncritically accept that as truth" would probably make a better title.
But if you can't go past the title, well, you might have bigger problems.
I'm an expert in my field with decades of experience, and a damn good programmer, and Cursor is like zipping down the street on a powered bike. There is no wishful thinking here!
Can I use it for everything? No, and that applies to every tool. But ffs I have to read here every day on HN some self-important blogger telling me I'm imagining things.