[strogonoff]

> in many cases the approach is fundamentally sound

Sure, but I mean you still have to determine whether it is sound or not in the first place; i.e., you must know how to solve the problem. You can only evaluate it as right or not if you have something to compare against, after all.

If you have worked with a person for a while, though, I can see that you can spot various patterns (and ultimately whether the approach is sane) faster thanks to established rapport. Not so with LLMs, as you probably agree.