> This surprised me since I've always thought of myself as someone who loves programming but it turns out that it is only a small subset of programming I love.

> This surprised me since I've always thought of myself as someone who loves programming but it turns out that it is only a small subset of programming I love. I am the same, and why many of my personal projects end up stranded. Once I've solved the tricky bit, the rest often isn't that motivating as it's usually variations on a common theme. I held off LLMs for a long time, but recently been playing with them. They can certainly confidently generate junk, but in most cases it's good enough. And like you say can be used as a driver to keep going. In that regard they can be useful.