There are a lot of reasons I dislike the use of LLMs in software, one of which is that I think it's absurd to claim that using such fuzzy and imprecise tools an

There are a lot of reasons I dislike the use of LLMs in software, one of which is that I think it's absurd to claim that using such fuzzy and imprecise tools and methods should be considered engineering... But to be honest, I think the main thing is that they just absolutely suck the joy and fun out of an activity. I like writing, I like coding, these are things that I do at least in part because I get some kind of direct enjoyment out of doing them. Using a chatbot simply is not interesting or fun to me. It's like being a spectator and thinking that means you "participated" in the game you watched. If you code or whatever just as a means to make ends meet sure, it makes total sense that you'll want to use these tools, but I will absolutely never understand the people that claim to like a craft and reach for LLMs to do it—to me these people have just entirely missed the point of what it means to have an activity you enjoy. It's not about the output, it's all about the process and self-enrichment that happens along the way.