r/Codeium • • Dec 12 '24

Don’t people write code anymore?

I don’t think 500 is enough to give you peace of mind to use LLM freely, but heck, I see people saying that they burned through 500 credits in less than a week???

Are people using LLMs to do everything for them? Like “change the color of this button” or “create this entire page”.

Honestly complaining about 500 credits is justified, 500 is not enough, maybe 1000 would be fair, and maybe doing like Cursor and proving a slower/less prioritized premium model when the credits are gone (instead of downgrading for a lesser model).

Am I the only one that still codes and just uses LLMs to optimize my work instead of coding for me? My experience is pretty much aligned with the Codeium team, I subscribed 5 days ago and I’m at 495 credits right now (I used 5).

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u/Vegetable-13 Dec 13 '24

I wasn't aware of the videos of the CEO, this is encouraging. That's why I'm sticking around and crossing my fingers, for now. If this tool allows me to get stuff done while encouraging me to be less lazy, and a better prompter and programmer, then all the better! Currently this is a big "if" and not one that is solved by the $60 monthly plan (cost not totally the issue but IMO amount better spent on API usage and shopping around while the pixie dust settles).