Which will be more important by unit weight in software systems in the AI era, LLMs or normal code?

· Bits and Bobs 6/30/25
  • Which will be more important by unit weight in software systems in the AI era, LLMs or normal code?
    • A lot of platforms being built for the age of AI imagine that most of the weight of systems will be LLMs, with just a little bit of code.[gq]
    • What if it's the other way around, and it's mostly code, with a little bit of LLMs as magical duct tape?
    • The former has the prompt injection problem, fundamentally.
      • The LLM is in the driver's seat, and the LLM can be tricked.
    • The latter has the potential for a non-prompt-injectable system.

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