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People who have skill can do the same without LLMs, maybe slightly slower on average but on more predictable schedule.
by sesm 5mo ago
People who have skill can do the same without LLMs, maybe slightly slower on average but on more predictable schedule.
- dannyw 5mo agoI wouldn’t say slightly slower; LLMs are massively useful for software engineering in the right hands. For some personal projects I still stick to the basics and write everything by hand though. It’s kinda nice and grounding; and almost feels like a detox. For any new software engineer, I’m a strong advocate of zero LLM use (except maybe as a stack overflow alternative) for your first few months.
- Bridged7756 5mo agoIt's significantly slower to use LLMs for some things. The only thing it excels at is generic, broad tasks. Getting the 90% done. I find that it's less cumbersome to get it mostly right and touch it up yourself than to prompt over details like syntax.