LLM-written software will mostly be net-new software that otherwise wouldn't have been written.

2025-03-24 · Bits and Bobs 3/24/25

LLM-written software will mostly be net-new software that otherwise wouldn't have been written.
- It will help make it more efficient to write software.
- But it will also allow a new class of software that previously was below the Coasian Floor^[sy]^[sz] and not viable.

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