Mixed
My ability (usually clarity of mind and patience) to review an LLMs output is still a gating factor, but the costs can add up quickly
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In the thread “My experience creating software with LLM coding agents – Part 2 (Tips)”, replying to this comment
Helped: Defining exact requirements and using MCP tools for efficient back-and-forth.
Got in the way: High costs from loading context and truncation issues in Claude Code.
… I’m currently consulting, a lot of the code is ultimately written by me, and everything gets validated by me (if the LLM tells me about how something works, I don’t just take its word for it, I go look myself), but a lot of the work for me happens before any code is actually written. My ability (usually clarity of mind and patience) to review an LLMs output is still a gating factor, but the costs can add up quickly.