LLMs are great at doing work that would take me a lot of time, but I can quickly evaluate whether it is correct; for example, I can run the generated code. As a side effect, I sometimes learn new things; for example recently the generated code contained a new language feature that I was not aware of. Or I get a solution that is OK, but different from how I would have done it, so it is something I can think about.
I did this web page in a weekend (it needs some more polishing, and then I am going to write an article about it—but the idea is that you are supposed to click the button at the bottom and then use “print preview”), where “weekend” is an euphemism for two blocks of time, about 2 or 3 hours each, and that includes doing and re-doing the graphics. If I tried to do the same thing myself, it would take me at least as much time just to figure out the necessary JavaScript and CSS features (because I don’t use JS and CSS regularly).
LLMs are great at doing work that would take me a lot of time, but I can quickly evaluate whether it is correct; for example, I can run the generated code. As a side effect, I sometimes learn new things; for example recently the generated code contained a new language feature that I was not aware of. Or I get a solution that is OK, but different from how I would have done it, so it is something I can think about.
I did this web page in a weekend (it needs some more polishing, and then I am going to write an article about it—but the idea is that you are supposed to click the button at the bottom and then use “print preview”), where “weekend” is an euphemism for two blocks of time, about 2 or 3 hours each, and that includes doing and re-doing the graphics. If I tried to do the same thing myself, it would take me at least as much time just to figure out the necessary JavaScript and CSS features (because I don’t use JS and CSS regularly).