Comment by JimDabell
I’ve also found that LLMs are great for getting past developer’s block. “What next?” can overcome inertia quite easily.
I’ve also found that LLMs are great for getting past developer’s block. “What next?” can overcome inertia quite easily.
That and I find it’s usually easier to start with a shitty first attempt that kind of works that you’re then refactoring
Yup, I don't use models to write serious code. But if my brain is totally blocked, perhaps after half day of meetings, I do sometimes take a smaller local model, explain a simple task to it, and let it try to implement to my specs. At this point I'm usually annoyed and engaged enough to get back in the zone.
If a human is available, 30 minutes of pairing works even better. There's just something about breaking tasks down and getting even simple feedback that makes it a good jumpstart.