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0 pointsyawaramin2mo ago0 comments

Hi. You are clearly an LLM user. Have you considered asking an LLM to explain how to do this? If not, why not?

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would an LLM have a favourite tool? I'm sure it'll answer, but would it be from personal experience?

I checked with Gemini 3 Fast and it provided instructions on how to set up a Dev Container or VM. It recommended a Dev Container and gave step-by-step instructions. It also mentioned VMs like VirtualBox and VMWare and recommended best practices.

This is exactly what I would have expected from an expert. Is this not what you are getting?

My broader question is: if someone is asking for instructions for setting up a local agent system, wouldn't it be fair to assume that they should try using an LLM to get instructions? Can't we assume that they are already bought in to the viewpoint that LLMs are useful?

exe342mo ago

the llm will comment on the average case. when we ask a person for a favourite tool, we expect anecdotes about their own experience - I liked x, but when I tried to do y, it gave me z issues because y is an unusual requirement.

when the question is asked on an open forum, we expect to get n such answers and sometimes we'll recognise our own needs in one or two of them that wouldn't be covered by the median case.

does that make sense?

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cbm-vic-202mo ago

In 2026? It will be the tool from the vendor who spends the most ad dollars with Anthropic/Google/etc.

tomrod2mo ago

Because I value human input too.

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exe342mo ago

would an LLM have a favourite tool? I'm sure it'll answer, but would it be from personal experience?

yawaraminOP2mo ago

This is exactly what I would have expected from an expert. Is this not what you are getting?

exe342mo ago

when the question is asked on an open forum, we expect to get n such answers and sometimes we'll recognise our own needs in one or two of them that wouldn't be covered by the median case.

does that make sense?

1 more reply

cbm-vic-202mo ago

In 2026? It will be the tool from the vendor who spends the most ad dollars with Anthropic/Google/etc.

tomrod2mo ago

Because I value human input too.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse