> the AI writes the coding route is slower, though the developer percieves it as faster.
I have this pattern while driving.
Using the main roads, when there is little to no traffic, the commute is objectively, measurably the fastest.
However, during peak hours, I find myself in traffic jams, so I divert to squiggly country roads which are both slower and longer, but at least I’m moving all the time.
The thing is, when I did have to take the main road during the peak traffic, the difference between it and squiggly country roads was like two to three minutes at worst, and not half an hour like I was afraid it would be. Sure, ten minutes crawling or standing felt like an hour.
Maybe coding with LLMs makes you think you are doing something productive the whole time, but the actual output is little different from the old way? But hey, at least it’s not like you’re twiddling your thumbs for hours, and the bossware measuring your productivity by your keyboard and mouse activity is happy!
the best use of LLM is to help you program a digispark USB dongle with Arduino to make it emulate mouse movement and scrolling to appease the idi0tic spyware retarded boomers monitor like it was relevant somehow on their corporate spy box.
Meanwhile we adults can do real work on a separate real computer. Never use their laptop more than absolutely minimum possible.
2) the bosses pay for the whole LLM so they expect you to use the whole LLM
3) you may not want to contaminate your spare computer with whatever shit you're working on on job, and indeed it may be considered a breach of security (as if feeding OpenAI/Anthropic isn't, lol, but that's beside the point.
So you continue to feel miserable, but you get your paycheck, and it's better than unemployment, and your kids are fed and clothed, so there's that.
I have this pattern while driving.
Using the main roads, when there is little to no traffic, the commute is objectively, measurably the fastest.
However, during peak hours, I find myself in traffic jams, so I divert to squiggly country roads which are both slower and longer, but at least I’m moving all the time.
The thing is, when I did have to take the main road during the peak traffic, the difference between it and squiggly country roads was like two to three minutes at worst, and not half an hour like I was afraid it would be. Sure, ten minutes crawling or standing felt like an hour.
Maybe coding with LLMs makes you think you are doing something productive the whole time, but the actual output is little different from the old way? But hey, at least it’s not like you’re twiddling your thumbs for hours, and the bossware measuring your productivity by your keyboard and mouse activity is happy!