Can't get the software to work?
Stop Staring At It.
Often, there are two problems:
It's essential to stop staring (and hand-wringing) over the code and gather evidence.
This will allow you to challenge your faulty …
Can't get the software to work?
Rewrite it.
Seriously.
It's often faster to pick a new paradigm and start a rewrite than to bang your head against a wall.
Modern languages (like Python) don't require a lot of overhead or boilerplate to start again.
Can't get the object model …
I've been subjected to two (obvious) examples of slopware apps. I've read dozens and dozens of conference submissions that appeared to be slopware. I have some observations.
My observations:
Important
Here's an interesting group:
I'm an "absolutely no LLM" bigot. I need to do the thinking. I like to do the fiddly, tedious hard parts. I always have liked it.
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