Comment by SkyPuncher

I get massive value out of Agentic coding.

I no longer need to worry about a massive amount of annoying, but largely meaningless implementation details. I don’t need to pick a random variable/method/class name out of thin air. I don’t need to plan ahead on how to DRY up a method. I don’t need to consider every single edge case up front.

Sure, I still need to tweak and correct things but we’re talking about paint by number instead of starting with a blank canvas. It’s such a massive reduction in mental load.

I also find it reductionist to say LLM don’t think because they’re simply predicting patterns. Predicting patterns is thinking. With the right context, there is little difference between complex pattern matching and actual thinking. Heck, a massive amount of my actual, professional software development work is figuring out how to pattern matching my idea into an existing code base. There’s a LOT of value in consistency.