Comment by theshrike79

Your analogy is the wrong way around :)

Everyone now is driving automatic, LLMs are the manual transmission in a classic car with "character".

Yes, anyone can step into one, start it and maybe get there, but the transmission and engine will make strange noises all the way and most people just stick to the first gear because the second gear needs this weird wiggle and a trick with the gas pedal to engage properly.

Using (agentic) LLMs as coding assistants is a skill that (at the moment) can't really be taught as it's not deterministic and based a lot on feels and getting the hang of different base models (gemini, sonnet/opus, gpt, GLM etc). The only way to really learn is by doing.

Yes, anyone can start up Google Antigravity or whatever and say "build me a todo app" and you'll get one. That's just the first gear.