I’m not strictly against using LLMs for coding. However, every time I try, it makes me waste my time. I’ve tried auto complete, and it will often almost get it right, but not quite. So instead of getting to write the code, I go to write the code, stop to check if the auto complete is doing what I was thinking, see that it isn’t, and then have to type it out anyway. I’ve tried using a chatbot for coding questions, but often times it will claim there isn’t a way to use a given SDK to do what I want, but I will check the docs and there will be a way, so it just lies. I’ve tried having it generate code from a design, but having to write a strict design, and review all the code it produces, only to have to make pretty drastic changes tends not to save me any time, and means I have to spend the most time doing the parts of coding I hate the most: writing designs and code review.

So far, the AI coding tools make my life worse and don’t save time, at least when writing code. It’s pretty good at writing git messages and making my operational summaries sound nice, so I primarily use it for that