[Finbel]

There're thousands of blog posts and books describing the vast majority of code most software developers write on a day to day basis.

99.99% of the code in that B2B SaaS for finding the cheapest industrial shipping option isn't novel.

[AdieuToLogic]

> 99.99% of the code in that B2B SaaS for finding the cheapest industrial shipping option isn't novel.

That's like saying 99.99% of the food people eat consists of protein, carbohydrates, fats, and/or vegetables and therefore isn't novel. The implication being a McDonald's Big Mac and fries is the same as a spinach salad.

The only way someone could believe all food is the same as a Big Mac and fries is if this is all they ate and knew nothing else.

Hyperbole never ends well and neither does assuming novelty requires rarity or uniqueness, as distinct combinations of programmatic operations which deliver value in a problem domain is the very definition "new in an interesting way."

Just like how Thai noodles have proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and/or vegetables, yet are nothing like a Big Mac and fries.

[Finbel]

Calling using a proven tool (LLM agents) to generate code that provide real business value a "fatal flaw" was already hyperbole.

The equivalent of not using LLMs in your workflow as a software engineer today isn't eating whole foods. That might have been true a year ago, but today it's becoming more and more equivalent to a fruit only diet.

[AdieuToLogic]

> The equivalent of not using LLMs in your workflow as a software engineer today isn't eating whole foods. That might have been true a year ago, but today it's becoming more and more equivalent to a fruit only diet.

A software engineer which understands the problem to be solved, the programming language used to reify it, and the supporting libraries incorporated in order to address ancillary concerns has no need for "using LLMs in your workflow."

In other words, the act of producing source code is the last step a developer undertakes. This is usually no more than a typing exercise.