Why LLMs can't really build software(zed.dev)

321 points by srid 1 year ago | 196 comments

A Zed blog post by Conrad Irwin arguing that LLMs cannot really build software, drawing on his experience of what effective software engineers do.

Web development is fun again(ma.ttias.be)

444 points by Mojah 9 months ago | 544 comments

Mattias Geniar's blog post reflecting on how web development felt simpler in the PHP 4 and jQuery era and arguing it has become fun again.

How I build software quickly(evanhahn.com)

301 points by kiyanwang 1 year ago | 153 comments

I don't use LLMs for programming(neilmadden.blog)

34 points by ms7892 7 months ago | 20 comments

Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI(lalitm.com)

867 points by brilee 6 months ago | 274 comments

Lalit Maganti's essay on building syntaqlite, a set of SQLite devtools, over three months with AI coding agents, covering where AI helped and where it hurt.

Thoughts on thinking(dcurt.is)

588 points by bradgessler 1 year ago | 367 comments

Dustin Curtis's blog essay reflecting on how AI and LLMs have made his own writing, coding, and creative thinking feel pointless.