[pizzathyme]

I had a similar experience as the author. I've found found that cursor / copilot are FANTASTIC at "smart autocomplete", or "write a (small function that does this)" and quick viral prototypes.

But after I got a week into my LLM-led code base, it became clear it was all spaghetti code and progress ground to a halt.

This article is a perfect snapshot of the state of the art. It might improve in the future, but this is where it is in May 2025.