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[-] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

LLMs are trained to be sycophants, quick to praise and agree, in order to keep the user satisfied. This allows poor practices and behaviors to persist, at least until the user joins a team and becomes aware of their issues. Stackoverflow actually calls people out and teaches how to do research, and write informed questions. I got called out for some of my first few questions, and almost never after that, because I learned to do proper research and write proper questions.

[-] SammyJK@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

Oh absolutely, I'm not denying any of that. But Stack Overflow is also filled with incredibly snarky people, whose feedback is less than productive. That's why I understand many beginners preferring LLMs over SO. Calling out bad practices is a good thing, but it doesn't mean people should be straight up rude.

[-] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Fair point, I've seen the rudeness myself. There's way to be constructive in criticism, and that should be taught as well

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