This person is taking things too literally.
By power tool we simply mean speeds up work.
And by that definition LLMs are absolutely a power tool of epic proprtions!
If you ever coded before LLMs existed its like night and day.
By power tool we simply mean speeds up work.
And by that definition LLMs are absolutely a power tool of epic proprtions!
If you ever coded before LLMs existed its like night and day.
A: "I spent more tokens than the entire OpenCode team combined."
B: "Why aren't you more successful?"
I'm not convinced that throwing more money (i.e. tokens) at the problem would make us any more efficient, but 1.5x improvement ain't nothing.
And just to address the "night and day" bit.. if you gave a construction foreman a machine that made his team 20% more productive, he'd take that all day long and tell everyone it's "night and day." I'm not sure what your threshold is, but +20% isn't nothing either. That foreman would hit more deadlines than not, and get more bonuses than not.
Also, if you want me to believe that LLMs have made you that much more productive, please share some links for useful things you've built recently using them. I'm thrilled if actual things can be made, but I haven't seen it yet.