alt Hacker NewsAgreed, but do you honestly think LLMs have reached the level of average programmer? Or is it more a matter of "they can churn out code until I see something that is close enough and I'll make the last few edits"?
Also curious if you publish your working setup or if it changes as fast as the LLMs? Seems like you may have a more stable setup than most given how you are developing tools in the space.
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jason_oster • today at 5:20 AM
Honestly? LLMs are currently above average at programming.
We've all been through The Daily WTF at least once. That's representative of the average. (Although some examples are more egregious than others.)
I still do not see LLMs as replacements for programmers - they're tools for programmers to direct. If you don't know anything about programming you might be able to get a vibe coded prototype or simple tool out of them but that's a very different thing from a what happens when a skilled software developer uses these things to help accelerate their work.
My current setup is mainly Claude Code CLI on macOS and Claude Code for web driven by the iPhone all and macOS desktop app. I occasionally use Codex CLI too.
I expect I'll be on a different default combo of tools within a month or two.