[jjice]

I think that's absolutely part of it. Code reviewing has become an even more valuable skill than ever, and I think the industry as a whole still is treating it as low value, despite it always being one of the most important parts of the process.

I think another part (among many others) is not the skill of the individual prompting, but on the quality of the code and documentation (human and agent specific) in the code base. I've seen people run willy-nilly with LLMs that are just spitting out nonsense because there are no examples for how the code should look, not documentation on how it should structure the code, and no human who knows what the code should work reviewing it. A deadly combo to produce bad, unmaintainable code.

If you sort those out though (and review your own damn LLM code), I think that's when LLMs become a powerful programming tool.

I really liked Simon Willison's way of putting it: "Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work".

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/18/code-proven-to-work/