Comment by Fanmade

Absolutely! I have used Copilot for a few weeks and then stopped when I worked on a machine that didn't have Copilot installed and I immediately struggled with even basic syntax. Now I often use LLMs as advanced rubber ducks. By describing my problems, the solution often comes to my mind on its own and sometimes the responses I get are enough for me to continue on my own. In my opinion, letting LLMs directly code can be really harmful for the software developers, because they forget to think for themselves. Maybe I'm wrong and I am just slow to accept the new reality, but I try to keep writing most of my code on my own and improve my coding skills more than my prompting skills (while still using these tools, of course). For me, LLMs are like a grumpy and cynical old senior dev who is forced to talk in a very positive manner and who has fun trickling in some completely random bullshit between his actual helpful advice.