Yes
doing it this way it's faster + i gain understanding
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Helped: Reviewing and approving every change; using existing files as reference.
Got in the way: Novel code generation without grounding; fighting the LLM on 20% of tasks.
… i find i can't have it produce the entire thing and then review it since i have no idea how it got to where it did or takes just as much time to understand. but doing it this way it's faster + i gain understanding. the prompts aren't overly complex or take a lot of time, certainly way less than speccing something out for a junior. …