RAD programming held the same promise, as did UML, flow/low/no code platforms.

Inevitably, people remember that the hard part of programming isn't so much the code as it is putting requirements into maintainable code that can respond to future requirements.

LLMs basically only automate the easiest part of the job today. Time will tell if they get better, but my money is on me fixing people's broken LLM generated businesses rather than being replaced by one.

▲

johnecheck 6 days ago | parent [-]

Indeed. Capacity to do the hard parts of software engineering well may well be our best indicator of AGI.

I don't think LLMs alone are going to get there. They might be a key component in a more powerful system, but they might also be a very impressive dead end.

	▲	DrewADesign 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		Sometimes I think we’re like cats that stumbled upon the ability to make mirrors. Many cats react like there’s another cat in the mirror, and I wonder if AGI is just us believing we can make more cats if we make the perfect mirror.