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well you don't have to "think" anything lol, if you've never tried it yourself that's step one. step two is to not assume everyone out there is a shill or lying because that's awful convenient. also its not black or white.

developers can exist in a small team, solo, large enterprise all with their mandates and cultures so just saying LLMs increase/decrease is reductive.

have a feeling i'm being trolled tho.

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I'm not trolling, this is my sincere opinion

I think LLM addicts are particularly susceptible to flattery.

You're alienating a lot of people just by calling them "LLM addicts," and I suspect you're not arguing in good faith given your language.

There are a lot of sad people who have developed parasocial relationships with ChatGPT, but that's entirely a separate issue from whether agents are a good tool for software engineering.

"Real" woodworkers often have similar reactions when they see people incorporating CNC machines into their creative process as you appear to have when it comes to your engagement style on this topic.

They don't emerge looking credible, either.

equating a CNC router with Claude Code or Chat GPT is an egregious false equivalency.

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