๐ธ Donโt confuse confident output with good judgment.
๐ธ An LLM can assist, but you bring the guardrails.
๐ธ And if you blindly follow its advice? Thatโs on you.
Where have you seen an LLM give advice that sounds helpful, but clearly isn't?
#AIAssistedCoding #LLMs #TheCopilotsLog
I was confident too, but I didnโt go straight to production. We had a QA environment for a reason.
An LLM doesnโt play it safe. No context. No hesitation. Just ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
So hereโs the lesson:
Now, if youโre a developer, you know thatโs not a serious option.
I knew this. But what amazed me was how confident the suggestion was.
And thatโs the difference.
I told Cursor I was getting a foreign key exception.
Its answer? My data was probably corrupt, so I should just delete it.
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ.
We deployed the code to the QA environmentโฆ and the fix didnโt work.
So, I bought the beers, rolled up my sleeves, and eventually figured it out.
Yesterday, I was working with Cursor and it made a suggestion that brought this memory right back.
A few years ago, I was staying late at work with my colleagues, trying to fix a bug before a release.
At one point, I told my team lead that this fix was the one. I was so confident, I even bet a few beers on it.
๐ธ Donโt confuse confident output with good judgment.
๐ธ An LLM can assist, but you bring the guardrails.
๐ธ And if you blindly follow its advice? Thatโs on you.
Where have you seen an LLM give advice that sounds helpful, but clearly isn't?
#AIAssistedCoding #LLMs #TheCopilotsLog
I was confident too, but I didnโt go straight to production. We had a QA environment for a reason.
An LLM doesnโt play it safe. No context. No hesitation. Just ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
So hereโs the lesson:
Now, if youโre a developer, you know thatโs not a serious option.
I knew this. But what amazed me was how confident the suggestion was.
And thatโs the difference.
I told Cursor I was getting a foreign key exception.
Its answer? My data was probably corrupt, so I should just delete it.
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ.
We deployed the code to the QA environmentโฆ and the fix didnโt work.
So, I bought the beers, rolled up my sleeves, and eventually figured it out.
Yesterday, I was working with Cursor and it made a suggestion that brought this memory right back.
A few years ago, I was staying late at work with my colleagues, trying to fix a bug before a release.
At one point, I told my team lead that this fix was the one. I was so confident, I even bet a few beers on it.
Using OneDrive instead of Git
Vibe coding is like watching someone take their first ski lessonโฆ at the top of a black diamond ski slope.
They are moving fast... just not in control. It's funny and tragic at the same time!
#VibeCoding #AiAssistedCoding #DevHumor
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In my case, my ultimate goal was to launch a SaaS, not to learn frontend, so I'm ok with this. However, if you really want to learn a skill, do the hard work yourself instead of asking AI to write the code for you.
#softwareengineering #coding #learning #ai #developers #vibecoding #aiassistedcoding
Those are the lessons that stick.
๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด, which is both a strength and a trap.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป. That is when you dig into internals, read the docs, and keep a pile of Stack Overflow tabs open.
Because when Cursor generated a working UI, I was more excited to move on to the next feature instead of reading the hundreds of HTML and CSS lines it wrote. So it's no surprise I am not a better frontend developer, even though I built a responsive app from scratch.
When I started building Task Analytics a year ago, I used Cursor to handle the frontend because my FE skills are limited. I admit that I was a bit naive and thought that I would learn more along the way, but to be honest I barely improved my FE knowledge.
Why?
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"๐๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ?"
This is a very good question, and I'm talking from my own experience here.
Read it here ๐
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/copilots-log-4-zerotrust-ai-assisted-coding-bogdan-bujdea-lzc5f
The 4th edition of The Copilotโs Log is out: zero-trust AI-assisted coding and how I use it in practice. I cover the three reviews I run on every AI diff (build, diff, test) plus a few guardrails you can use.
I was confident too, but I didnโt go straight to production. We had a QA environment for a reason.
An LLM doesnโt play it safe. No context. No hesitation. Just ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
So hereโs the lesson:
