Comment by ath3nd

> For example one was interviewed later and said a lot of the time they would wait for an agent and get distracted playing with something irrelevant and then forget to go back until much later

Counterpoint: the agents are the reason for the distraction.

> That has solutions they are not aware of to implement.

Counterpoint: there are no other current studies that suggest otherwise. Given the impact of LLMs on open source (net negative, maintainers are drowning in slop: e.g curl: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/14/death-by-a-thousand-s...) maybe it makes sense to be a bit more critical on LLM's supposed gains.

Let's see what we have so far:

- The only study to date suggests a net negative from using LLMs on experienced developers

- OSS maintainers are rejecting AI generated PRs due to low quality

- No other studies have come out so far to suggest otherwise

Based on my anecdotal experience and based on the currently available evidence, for me the conclusion is clear: LLMs and agents are mostly hype.