alt Hacker NewsIt doesn't have to be that way. You can use llms to greatly improve the quality of the code. You do this by focusing on one part of the design use the LLM to explore alternatives, use it to poke holes in what you have. I think the engineering cultures that embrace this way of using AI will far outperform everyone else in the long term.
I just had a discussion with the AI recently about whether to duplicate the code something used or refactor it so both places used the same code. The decision was to duplicate the code, but make notes (and a ticket) to refactor it later - because the time to test the possible regression cases of the original code wasn't available right now.
I could have worked through all that on my own, but having the AI as a rubber duck to talk to - plus the edge cases it was able to point out - was really helpful.