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You seem to be assuming that we're generating large amounts of code with LLMs that we don't read and adapt and make our own. I can definitely see that as a risk for overconfident juniors, but that is not the MO for senior developers who are using these tools.

95% of the code that I add from an LLM is less than a line, a nice autocomplete. The other 5% is a function that I have ChatGPT get started for me and then I read it and refactor it until I understand it as well as any code I've written myself.

The rampant fearmongering is just weird to me. It's a tool, and like any tool some people abuse it, but it's weird that some people simply can't believe that there are people who use it well.



I see people overestimating their ability to notice bugs.




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