Are you pair-programming or code reviewing the LLM's code output?

· Bits and Bobs 6/30/25
  • Are you pair-programming or code reviewing the LLM's code output?
    • They're very different stances.
    • One is you're in the loop with it, one is you're out of the loop.
      • On the dance floor vs watching from the balcony.
    • When it's just making changes automatically you aren't in it, you're looking from the balcony.
    • Pair programming vs "handing off to the intern" gives you significantly more ownership of the code.
    • Did you have the LLM think for you or did it allow you to think 10x better?
    • Are you engaged or disengaged? Are you enrolled in the process?
    • Is it a tool to help you think better or a tool to help you think less?
    • This is what is called cognitive debt.

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