[omscs99]

Most of the time it’s like I spend 90% of the time trying to understand context of preexisting application and requirements, that’s purely reading and not writing

Once I start writing, it’s normally straightforward what’s needed. What difference does it make if it takes 10 minutes to write something or 2 minutes to write it? Especially when most nontrivial problems can take several hours to grok

And no, I don’t trust a model to “grok” the code for me, I’d much rather suffer through it. And introducing another tool isn’t worth 8 minutes of time savings to me if those 8 minutes are relatively enjoyable

[onemoresoop]

LLMs are not suitable for some types of work but they seem suitable for others. ChatGPT hasn't changed my workflow drastically but I do use it at least once a day for one task or another. For example I just created this PowerShell script I would normally wouldn't bother to do to change some settings, send some automated emails etc.

[doug_durham]

The reading part is what I find really valuable about these tools. As I'm trying to understand a new code base I can ask questions and get excellent feedback. It is a true accelerator for understanding code, especially when unfamiliar frameworks are being used.