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YesClaude · 12 Jul 2025

LLMs is the first technology that has a non-linear impact on my output

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In the thread “OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google”, replying to this comment

Helped: Finding edge cases, writing tests, fixes, and docs quickly.

… All in TypeScript, which is perfectly suited to LLMs because we can fit the types and repo map into context without loading all code. As to “why”: I’ve been coding for 25 years, and LLMs is the first technology that has a non-linear impact on my output. It’s simultaneously moronic and jaw-dropping. …