> Peer Programming with LLMs, For Senior+ Engineers
> [...] a collection of blog posts written by other senior or staff+ engineers exploring the use of LLM in their work
It seems to be by senior engineers if anything, I don't see anything in the linked articles indicating they're for senior engineers, seems programmers of all seniority could find them useful, if they find LLMs useful.
pmbanugo · 5h ago
I've been experimenting with LLMs for coding for the past year - some wins, plenty of frustrations. Instead of writing another "AI will change everything" post, I collected practical insights from other senior engineers who've figured out what actually works. No hype, just real experiences from people in the trenches.
dietr1ch · 20m ago
(Site is unreadable for me on Firefox 138, but the text is still there if you select all. Qutebrowser based on Chromium 130 doesn't render it either.)
vvillena · 16m ago
No problems here, both the normal view and reader mode seem to work well.
westurner · 38m ago
What are some of the differences between Peer Programming with LLMs and Vibe Coding?
diggan · 14m ago
> What are some of the differences between Peer Programming with LLMs and Vibe Coding?
"Vibe Coding" is specifically using the LLM instead of programming anything, barely caring about the output. If something is wrong, don't even open the file, just ask the LLM. Basically "prompting while blindfolded" I guess you could say.
Peer programming with an LLM would be to use it as another tool in the toolbox. You still own your program and your code. Edit away, let the LLM do some parts that are either too tricky, or too trite to implement, or anything in-between. Prompts usually are more specific, like "Seems X is broken, look into Y and figure out if Z could be the reason".
lowbloodsugar · 17m ago
I would say that the difference is taking an engineering approach to the process itself. Iterating on the context, putting the system into various states, etc. Treating the AI like a very knowledgeable intern who also has a very fixed short term memory and can’t form new long term memories but can be taught to write things down like in Memento. The thing is, though, it has a much much larger short term memory than me.
nickpsecurity · 5h ago
I want to note that the headlines gave me an idea for a nonprofit: "Peer Programming with LLM's for Seniors."
Somebody jump on that. It's yours. :)
pmbanugo · 3h ago
re-reading the title makes me feel like I used a wrong title.
Could be a good idea for a non-profit like you said. I know someone who’s exploring something similar but for disabled folks who aren’t tech-savvy (for-profit)
> [...] a collection of blog posts written by other senior or staff+ engineers exploring the use of LLM in their work
It seems to be by senior engineers if anything, I don't see anything in the linked articles indicating they're for senior engineers, seems programmers of all seniority could find them useful, if they find LLMs useful.
"Vibe Coding" is specifically using the LLM instead of programming anything, barely caring about the output. If something is wrong, don't even open the file, just ask the LLM. Basically "prompting while blindfolded" I guess you could say.
Peer programming with an LLM would be to use it as another tool in the toolbox. You still own your program and your code. Edit away, let the LLM do some parts that are either too tricky, or too trite to implement, or anything in-between. Prompts usually are more specific, like "Seems X is broken, look into Y and figure out if Z could be the reason".
Somebody jump on that. It's yours. :)
Could be a good idea for a non-profit like you said. I know someone who’s exploring something similar but for disabled folks who aren’t tech-savvy (for-profit)