but by then we'll have forgotten this conversation, so it nets out

I might, actually. Think of where electric cars were six years ago — 2018. Not much has changed. Or, at least, there are still fundamental problems to be solved.

In the same way I can imagine that by 2030 LLMs will still have memory problems and hallucinations. Although I’m sure by then we’ll have something better than pure LLMs.

bacopa and lions mane was night and day for my limited memory. But, the obvious, writing simpler code, keeping a notebook while working, etc, and really spending time breaking down problems into much smaller scopes, while simultaneously keeping copious notes on where I am in a given process helped immensely with dealing with peanut brained memory. sure, it's not quick, but my work is usually very readable and understandable for the future reader. I'm not convinced that a tool to help me overcome that memory barrier would actually help me write better code, maybe just write worse code faster. Of course, that's probably the corporate goal though.