crawshaw – 2025-01-06
January 9, 2025
This document is a summary of my personal experiences using generative models while programming over the past year. It has not been a passive process. I have intentionally sought ways to use LLMs while programming to learn about them. The result has been that I now regularly use LLMs while working and I consider their benefits net-positive on my productivity. (My attempts to go back to programming without them are unpleasant.)
Source: crawshaw – 2025-01-06
I have found using LLMs for software development very productive and enabling, though that’s not everyone’s experience.
Something I’ve fund very valuable in that process to to learn form other people’s experience. Simon Willison is someone who shares his experience and from whom I’ve learned a lot.
Via Simon and in a similar vein is this piece from David Crawshaw
Both emphasise a spirit of exploration (and sharing), something that aligns with my experience.
