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Kent C. Dodds

What Kent C. Dodds thinks about LLMs

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Software engineer and educator; creator of Testing Library and of the EpicWeb.dev and EpicReact.dev courses.

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  1. Our readingAgents are good at producing output but not at judging which output is worth producing in the first place.

    Their wordsAgents are really good at output now, and they're getting better fast. What they're not good at is knowing which output is worth producing in the first place.

    ↗You Own the Outcome: Product Engineering in the Age of AIkentcdodds.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  3. Our readingWhich framework or model (frontier vs. local) you pick matters less than it used to, since it is a practical trade-off rather than a matter of identity.

    Their wordsWhich framework you pick matters less than it used to. Whether you use a frontier model or a local one for a given job is a practical trade-off, not an identity.

    ↗You Own the Outcome: Product Engineering in the Age of AIkentcdodds.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

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  5. Our readingMore AI models that deliver top-tier performance at lower cost are needed.

    Their wordsI love seeing models come out that give us top-tier performance at a lower cost. We need more of this.

    ↗@kentcdodds on Xx.com