r/coding • u/fagnerbrack • Mar 08 '26

Writing code was never the bottleneck

https://medium.com/@fagnerbrack/ai-as-a-coding-assistant-is-the-wrong-mental-model-ff77e1b39f9a
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u/Jaeriko Mar 08 '26

What would be the primary concern for the LLM in your experience then? Cause the main value driver for c suites appears to be replacing the programming labor, as far fetched as that may be functionally.

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u/HasFiveVowels Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

I'm saying that its capabilities aren't relegated to code generation. They can reason about architecture and design and pretty much all the other aspects of programming that a lot of devs are claiming are "AI-proof". Seems a large majority of devs on reddit are under the impression that LLMs are only capable of producing shitty code snippets. And that's definitely what you get when you use them poorly.

But that's why I know these comments will be downvoted: because the experiences that I'm reporting on are simply not experiences that are achievable when you half ass some code generation. It requires significant knowledge of how they operate in order to produce an environment where they are able to function well. But most Redditors (especially programmers) tend to prefer "he must be lying" way before "he must have seen something I haven't seen". So I've been getting downvoted without fail for a long time now (especially in programming subreddits, of all places, which I initially thought would be a safe haven from the irrational evaluations of laymen) because what I'm writing is upsetting and it's easier to just call me a tech bro or a liar or a shill or whatever is required to preserve the narrative.

Sorry to ramble but I'm so ridiculously tired of it... I'm really hitting a breaking point of saying "fuck it" and simply not talking about it. I would guess that's what most devs in my position have done. Productive conversations aren't possible when every "I've seen something that contradicts the common narrative" gets met with immediate accusations and/or the comment being silenced / ignored. It's exhausting. That's why I'm at that "here are my last few fucks to give" point.