[rjknight]

It's weird, but LLMs really do gamify the experience of doing software engineering properly. With a much faster feedback loop, you can see immediate benefits from having better specs, writing more tests, and keeping modules small.

[skydhash]

But it takes longer. People taking a proper course in software engineering or reading a good book about it is like going through a game tutorial, while people going through LLMs skip it. The former let you reach faster to the intended objectives, learning how to play properly. You may have some fun doing the latter, but you may also spend years and your only gain will be an ad-hoc strategy.