I think it’s important that people see these conversations. Not everyone is aware of the impact of LLMs and if it changes the mind of at least a person, this is not a wasted effort.

I don’t feel like OP is a robot with how its response are written, but we never know.

I said it in a previous comment: we are not here to debate LLM use.

You are right, but people want to know if you used LLMs or not because they might not want to use a project with LLM generated code.

Because LLMs are less ethical than humans, of course. :)

Ethics vary from person to person. We are in a programming community, so the focus is on code and not other subjects.

I am not brave enough to carry on my own shoulders the fight against the consequences of a world that has always run after “I need more”. I admit it

I understand the feeling and I do not blame people for using LLM but companies and corporations for pushing LLM down our throats. It could have been a nice tool, but now its effects are a net negative for the planet in the hope of capturing the market. But this isn’t the place to discuss that.

If we are talking ethics seriously, the browser you used to type these lines, the terminal, the text editor, the compiler, the PC, the phone, all of those raise much bigger ethical questions than an AWS services emulator that the audience here has not even tested. (Yes, that one is a bit of a troll.)

It doesn’t mean that using a LLM doesn’t have an impact because other factors have bigger impact. Every small decision we make has an impact in the long run, but this isn’t the community to discuss that.

I wasn’t the original OP you were responding to, but I felt compelled to give you a reason why people want to know about if a LLM is used or not because this is a hot topic and and I subject I feel strongly about.

I think that in the current context, presenting a project to the public like that will inevitably bring the question about LLM uses.

You have been open and concise about how Claude was used and from that point on, how people react to it is not in your control.

I appreciate that you responded thoroughly to my reply, even though it wasn’t needed.

People want to know about LLM use for various reason.

I think the main reason is an ethical one. LLMs use a lot energy, datacenters are bad for the environment, people lose their job due to AI, LLMs are trained on stolen data. There is many reasons why someone would not want an LLM project.

And let’s be real, there is a lot of issues with app being vibe coded and being shit real fast.

So when presenting a project to the world, people will definitely ask, and you can respond or not, and be on your way.

It’s naive to think that people won’t use LLMs, but it’s also naive to think that people only care about the end results, especially on a platform where people are generally more sensitive to ethical considerations.

My point is that even pre-built PCs are cheaper and better in every way other than size.

Size is a big factor here. Steam made a console sized PC.

There isn’t a lot of PC case that size. And the list of PC parts for SFF are limited and more expensive than their normal counterparts.

So yeah, if you want a full tower PC in your living room, don’t buy the Steam Machine. But I haven’t seen a PC build of that size cost less.

Tales as old as KPI.

Yes I do have experience, in fact it’s core to my job.

The cost to design is significant and wasting a few years of development is not a light decision. So Valve either had to scrap the design and waste the development cost, or price it according to the current PC parts prices

You are right that people can DIY, but it always was an option and people still buy ready-made computers, so that’s a moot point.

The price for comparable parts and same form factor isn’t far off from DIY.

My guilty pleasure was playing Fallout 76, but the seasons and predatory monetizing put me off.

Do you have any experience in product development? They went through a design process and unfortunately for them, when came time to choose a storage and RAM solution, they had to do it through the current price crisis.

So they either had to table the design and lose their development money or go through with it with the current storage and RAM cost.

I can’t help myself, sorry

It’s both RAM and storage price. A 2TB NVMe cost upward of 300$ CAD.

Because almost every game has timegated content nowadays so that studios can try to milk their playerbase more.

So now, multiplayer games feel like a chore if you want to access the cool event.

They will sell it to another big studio that will milk it dry

The IT Paradox :

• “Why am I paying IT if everything works”
• “Why am I paying IT if nothing works”

It’s an easy way for them to gain some reputation to monetize it later.

The issue is how you responded to people in this thread ("read the Readme.md) and when reading the readme, it’s a vague answer as to how AI is used. Gives off vibe-coded

Scope out how exactly AI used and you will get way less issues.

But being condescending and then being dismissive gets you this reaction. Own the fact that you used AI, scope out how exactly it is used and be on your way.

The readme concerning the LLM/AI is downright terrible. Which portion were generated with LLM? There is no scope for what the LLM is used, so can we assume that everything is vibe-coded at this point?