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[-] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Well you've picked an absolutely terrible analogy, which makes sense given how sensitive you are about it.

If you were able to talk to the sewing machine and tell it exactly what to do with the fabrics what patterns to follow and so forth--then no you haven't done s***.

I sew my own clothes and costumes so I know this to be true. Sewing using a machine is no trivial thing. You have to understand the mechanics of the machine the patterns etc. You have to understand how to read a pattern or come up with one yourself and you have to implement it with the correct stitching the correct fabric and so forth.

If you wanted to pick apart my analogy in an actual careful sense, you would have a situation where you have a person who understands how to use the sewing machine and you give them instructions. But again, in terms of the system you aren't providing any value. The person doing the sewing is. You would still be superfluous and you still wouldn't understand what's actually going on. Call yourself a manager, but don't call yourself a tailor or seamstress.

But what you did is pick an object That is a regular tool and claim that it's doing the same job, which is preposterous.

Our compilers already do massive amounts of syntax and semantic checking. Our linyers do the same. There's a ton of tools that don't involve articulating at a high level what you want and magically getting back your entire process.

Sure, you're done an hour later. And you have no idea what the limitations of your system are. You have no idea what sort of bugs are hidden from your test. You have zero ability to comprehend what's actually going on inside if you don't actually understand the domain.

What you are is a vibe code or by the sounds of it. Honestly I prefer the old school script kiddies because at least they were doing something themselves.

Basically what you're doing is the same thing as me opening up CAD and then pretending that I'm an engineer. I'm not a f****** engineer. I didn't take the right training. I'm not licensed in the area. I can create a 3D model all day long. But that's literally all I can do.

I think you need to understand your limitations the same way the rest of the world does.

this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2026
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