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494 points by simonw | 157 comments
Simon Willison's blog post announcing LLM 0.26, which adds tool support to his LLM CLI and Python library via Python functions and tool plugins.
777 points by simonw | 599 comments
Simon Willison blog post arguing developers must prove their code works through manual and automated testing before submitting it, especially when using LLM tools.
256 points by tjohnell | 171 comments
546 points by fagnerbrack | 213 comments
A blog post arguing that many so-called abstractions in codebases are merely layers of indirection that add complexity and hurt performance without real value.
378 points by floverfelt | 347 comments
Martin Fowler's blog post sharing scattered thoughts on the state of LLMs and AI and their effect on software development.
429 points by imartin2k | 131 comments
Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.
336 points by CharlesW | 121 comments
MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.
490 points by larsfaye | 479 comments
Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.
634 points by ColinWright | 737 comments
Nolan Lawson's blog post lamenting how AI coding tools are reducing programmers to code reviewers and mourning the loss of the programming craft.