>spend 8 hours debugging something that would've solve in 5 mins if you've RTFMDo you do this /g/?
>>108466334Figuring it out yourself is more rewarding and productive since you end up learning a lot of other things in the process.
>>108466334yes. docs are 90% bullshit anyway.
>>108466334No. AI solves the problem without me needing to do anything.
>>108466363But Mr. Shekelsberg needs that PR now!
>>108466334>Do you do this /g/?Not since LLMs and RAG are a thing.>hurr durr durrI don't give a shit about your cope. The llm tells me the exact chapter, page and line so I can look it up in full context. Go fuck yourself.
No, the first thing I do is read docsBut they often suck and then it's back to the mines anyway
>>108466334no i just import the manual into chatgpt or claude
>>108466334Manuals, specifically manpages, are genuinely fucking useless. They will devote 90% of their content to edge cases only useful for a tiny subset of programmers doing niche shit like socket programming but devote a single paragraph to something everybody has to do or command line flags everyone needs. And half of the time it's still wrong/outdated and you have to google it anyway.
>>108466334not anymore, now that I have a slave on hand (aka Claude)
>>108466401This.
>>108466334i can read it, but I'm not confident to do anything until I'm convinced that I've understood itthat involved fucking around in a safe environment until my predictions match resultsI'd never do this for a living btw, I'm way too anal to just push slop and hope for the best
Honestly?I like manual debugging because I learn more than when I RTFM. The manual solves one exact problem. Manual debugging shines a light on dozens of stupid things I've done all at once.
