Episode 18 - Your LLM Is Not a Junior Developer

The Cynical Developer by The Cynical Developer

May 11, 202600:06:03Technology

LLMs are powerful tools, but they're not junior developers you can just hand tasks to. James discusses how to think about AI assistants correctly.

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