The problem with using the current crop of LLMs for coding, if you're not a developer, is that they're leaky abstractions. If something goes wrong (as it usuall

The problem with using the current crop of LLMs for coding, if you're not a developer, is that they're leaky abstractions. If something goes wrong (as it usually will in software developent), you'll need to understand the underlying tech. In contrast, if you're a frontend developer, you don't need to know C++ even though browsers are implemented in it. If you're a C++ developer, you don't need to know assembly (unless you're working on JIT). I am convinced AI tools for software development will improve to the point that non-devs will be able to build many apps now requiring professional developers[0]. It's just not there yet. [0] We already had that. I've seen a lot of in-house apps for small businesses built using VBA/Excel/Access in Windows (and HyperCard etc on Mac). They've lost that power with the web, but it's clearly possible.