Comment by _bobm

Well written.

I think there might be (dare I say) a middle ground to get the productivity of the llm, esp as we evolve them, while still maintain a global and even fine-grain comprehension of a code base.

It is not a simple change, however, but a fundamental one.

Overall I think we are still living in the past and try to apply ourselves to the future. But if the ai craze is to be taken clear-headedly for what it is, it is a complete break from the von Neumann computer and all its resulting artifacts. So why should we use the same tools?