Ask coding LLMs for a function, not a whole program
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because here's one thing I have found out with these coding LLMs is if you tell it to write a function, it is way better than if you tell
Episode 223: Messy Desks (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:16:50 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Squeezing index work into limited time, Dave has a local model write a piece and figures out later whether it's useful. His finding: a coding LLM does far better when asked for a single function than for a whole piece of software or script.
Not in the audio. The end of the sentence ('it to write a whole piece of software or a whole script') is in the following Unknown cue, so it's paraphrased in the summary, not quoted.