@nolan i can'tcompletly agree with that. My view of code is more like working with clay or colors. Doing the coding is for me like working with the material modelling it getti g a feel. Somehow artistic. With llms i have the feel it is more line a delegator. Or someone that just watches from the outside. You dont get the feel of the system you detach. And this in my opinion will result in just shoving more and more code in a system.

I guess the biggest problem is that with llm you are not restricted which will lead to poor design. If you restrict yourself like only using tech x and have your restricted time you will create much smarter systems. At least this is what artists do all the time restricting themselfs to create something new and get creative. This gets totally lost with llms.

This article was the one that makes also that point. I describe llm generated code as fas food it gets the job done but its bad in the long term for your health. Non llm code is like cooking for yourself or eating out in a 5 star restaurant.
https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/04/12/the-peril-of-laziness-lost/

@nolan the supply of code has exceeded demand for most of the century so far and LLMs have just made it worse.

We don't need all this code...there is even too much of the well-written stuff. We need to stop with the building of layer cakes from Hell, take a deep breath and start over.