do LLMs destroy open source? (lemmy.zip)

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Here and there are posts about tailwind losing its revenue stream. And then people / post authors conclude open source is lost and spread FUD.

Do you think your projects die because of LLMs?

I only have public hobby projects, I am not afraid. I also try to donate to a lot of free software that I use or like.

E.g. this https://programming.dev/post/43810907 or https://programming.dev/post/45292081

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[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It won't

Normal - 4h coding + 2 h debugging

With an LLM - 5 min coding + 24h debugging

There are tons of pages out there with lists of code snippets which can help the devs without the need to use an LLM. It's naiv to think that LLM which hallucinate in a normal answer won't do it with coding.

[-] latex@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

5 min coding + 24h debugging is obviously lack of understanding in coding and lack of prompting skills

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