[noelwelsh]

I wish people would describe in more detail the tasks they use LLMs to code. My experience is that simple components in an existing architecture are fine, but anything requiring architectural considerations quickly becomes a mess. On my projects (e.g. a ui framework), running multiple agents in parallel would just increase the speed at which it can stuff up the project.

[germanptr]

I get this question a lot, and I found it hard to answer briefly, so I ended up writing a longer post about how I work:

https://www.trigosec.com/insights/mob-programming-for-one/

The short version is that I don’t let AI agents work unsupervised on my code. I treat them like participants in a mob programming session instead of autonomous developers. Different agents get different roles (implementer, reviewer, architect, security reviewer, etc.), and I stay involved throughout the process.

I also agree with your point about architecture. Generating isolated components is relatively easy; preserving and evolving the architectural boundaries across a larger codebase is much harder.

We’re still missing a good way to express and measure architectural quality. Until then, architecture heavy work requires much closer supervision than implementation heavy work

[davidcann]

I built this with 94% written by coding agents: https://buildermark.dev/

The complete log of all prompts and commits is here: https://demo.buildermark.dev/projects/u020uhEFtuWwPei6z6nbN

[MonstraG]

It seems that pages 2-5 on

https://demo.buildermark.dev/projects/u020uhEFtuWwPei6z6nbN/...

still show content of page 1

[davidcann]

Thanks for the report. I messed up the CDN settings. It looks fixed now.

[properbrew]

I used LLMs to develop Whistle Enterprise (https://whistle-enterprise.com) from the ground up, from scratch.

It's taken _a lot_ of time and effort, but this is an example of what can be developed using LLMs alone.

You have to have dedication and a goal to reach, but you can absolutely build anything if you're building with the right foundations in mind.

[ryanackley]

I think the relevant question isn’t what can be built but the amount of effort in comparison to doing this the old fashioned way.

What do you think the productivity gain was from using an LLM? This question assumes you’re already an experienced developer.

[andai]

n=1 but, a friend of mine spent the last few months working on an experimental music software with Claude. What he built is amazing and far beyond my abilities (I have been programming for 20 years). He doesn't know any programming.

In fact, it's far beyond what I would even attempt, because I've just spent two decades building up a data bank of how hard things are supposed to be.

He doesn't know it's supposed to be hard, so he just does it.

[nullbio]

It's great for people who are just maintaining something. Less so for someone building something from scratch, in the earlier phases.

[Npovview]

There are hour long youtube videos where people explain the process by using a complex toy project. Search for them.