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byevanh ( 627108 ) writes:
... just use it as a, power wasting, search engine?
byLindleyF ( 9395567 ) writes:
It's actually fantastic as a way to find that one bit of info you need in 100 pages of documentation.
byiggymanz ( 596061 ) writes:
all text editors I've ever used had the 'find' function; just a matter of trying some key words or synonyms.
All local, no LLM in sight other than the obe between my ears.
byLindleyF ( 9395567 ) writes:
Which is great unless the docs are spread across a dozen web pages or you don't know exactly what word to search for. Natural language queries that can use the bug you're working as context are a massively powerful tool.
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bymartin-boundary ( 547041 ) writes:
Depends on your level of expertise in the domain. The old way of doing things is 1) programmer reads *all* the documentation once, then 2) programmer knows what keywords will find the API documentation that defines the corner case of interest.
Personally, I'm dubious about the new way of only asking about the one thing without knowing the context, but YMMV.
byLindleyF ( 9395567 ) writes:
And that's still a good plan for your primary projects and libraries. But for stuff maintained by others, or when you first start looking at a new codebase, it's slower. A lot slower.
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