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Still, humans can only type so quickly. It's not hard to imagine how even a flawless coder could benefit from an llm.

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> humans can only type so quickly

Real programming is 0.1% typing. Typing speed is not a limiting factor for any serious development.

You're conflating typing with programming. Typing is in fact the limiting factor to serious development.

typing would not make top-100 list of “limiting factors” for serious development.

It is if for AI users who can't type code.

I am a heavy AI user and have been typing code for 3 decades :)

Do you feel called out?

not at all, can’t feel called out by people who don’t have a clue what they are talking about :)

Why you waste your time with people who don't have a clue what they talk about and rush to reply them?

You replied 2 min after my comment... I am sorry you are that lonely on christmas day

thanks, bored at the airport :)

Ok, if you have such insight into development, why not leverage agents to type for you? What sort of problems have you faced that you are able to code against faster than you can articulate to an agent?

I have of course found some problems like this myself. But it's such a tiny portion of coding I really question why you can't leverage LLMs to make yourself more productive

Most coding is better done with agents than with your hands. Coding is the main financial impediment to development. Yes, actually articulating what you want is the hard problem. Yes, there are technical problems that demand real analytical insight and real motivation. But refusing to use agents because you think you can type faster is mistaking typing for your actual skill: reasoning and interpretation.

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