> Build one to throw away, as they say. I believe Fred Brooks clarified this to mean you shouldn’t hesitate to throw away your first attempt if it comes up sho

> Build one to throw away, as they say. I believe Fred Brooks clarified this to mean you shouldn’t hesitate to throw away your first attempt if it comes up short despite your best effort. If an LLM came up with the first implementation, not only did you not do the hard work of understanding the problem and how to solve it but, worse, you could be anchored to the LLM’s implementation thinking about how to patch it up so it performs adequately. Personally I think you should have LLMs have a go after you’ve had a solid try yourself, so you can actually compare and see what you might have missed.