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In my experience, if the information I need is in the documentation, then I don't need the LLM. If it is not in the documentation, then the LLM will invent stuff that could be there but that isn't, and it's actually a loss of time.





> In my experience, if the information I need is in the documentation, then I don't need the LLM

need is a strong word. Do you need to be able to do ctrl+F? Not really, you can just read it all. But maybe it's easier to do ctrl+F. Same with LLM. Just imagine it as a fuzzy ctrl+F. Can be useful.


The thing is, being able to read documentation is a skill.

Being really good at ctrl+F / LLM is not the same. I learn a lot just browsing through documentation, without searching anything in particular.




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