Mixed
Do they speed me up? Sort of, especially when I have to write a lot of boring code
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Helped: Writing glue code, unit tests, and scaffolding for new modules.
Got in the way: LLMs do not understand diagrams or dashboards well.
… Yeah. Do they speed me up? Sort of, especially when I have to write a lot of boring code (as mentioned before, glue code for APIs, unit tests, scaffolding for new modules, etc). Are the productivity gains massive? …