[skydhash]

> Before LLMs I would have to spend weeks or more implementing a design decision, and maybe weeks or months if I had to refactor one

I wonder why people think that is a good argument. Spending weeks on a single design decision makes the case that you’re either not a good developer, your time was stolen by other concerns, or that design decision was a major process change. In the last case, this is one of the goals of software engineering to make those less painful.

Anyone using this argunent should add anecdotes so that others can appreciate the previous scope of work.

[jaredcwhite]

Yes, and I'd argue having to spend weeks on a single design decision is an extremely good thing. The worst thing that can happen to software development is for it to become trivial to pump out reams of new "software". That only means that 99% of software will be freakishly terrible on an unimaginable level.

[nh23423fefe]

Why do you think what you said was a good argument. You said, "hes dumb or distracted or deserves it" You just made lazy moralizing arguments.