Comment by JeremyNT

> After working with agent-LLMs for some years now, I can confirm that they are completely useless for real programming

This is a bit of no-true-scottsman, no? For you "real programming" is "stuff LLMs are bad at," but a lot of us out in the real world are able to effectively extract code that meets the requirements of our day jobs from tossing natural language descriptions into LLMs.

I actually find the rise of LLM coding depressing and morally problematic (re copyright / ownership / license laundering), and on a personal level I feel a lot of nostalgia for the old ways, but I simply can't levy an "it's useless" argument against this stuff with any seriousness.