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When we're building something, we don't have all the specs upfront (unless it's simple). I'm learning and adapting as I write more of the project, and at some points I may backtrack or start from scratch. For projects where you have the whole code upfront, I guess you could pass that to an LLM (maybe).

The way I found most success using LLMs is as a partner to ping-pong ideas, to come up with code design, algorithms, and data structures that would fit a particular scenario. Then I'm ignoring its code and writing it to fit the project. The trick is to use the randomness combined with the vast array of information it holds to your advantage - like a supercharged Google.

Regarding my joy of programming, for me it's not even close. I get my joy from the project as a whole, not from snippets of code sprinkled around (sometimes I wish it could - I have hundreds of projects I would like to tackle but they're not worth my time). The only thing I worry about is that the next version would not be accessible to the public or they would cost exorbitant amounts.

edit: for the way I'm using LLMs I found the approach taken by Zed editor to be the best, really recommend it's buffer, easy to copy-p, modify and search (it would be nice to also have divergence from a chat, hopefully in the future)