This. I think differently about code that I write compared to code that I only read. Every character, every symbol, every expression that I write is guaranteed to have my full attention for at least a short moment and I know why it is supposed to be there. There is meaning to everything that I write. A LLM just tries to come up with a plausibly-looking piece of code. There is no meaning in that.
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This. I think differently about code that I write compared to code that I only read. Every character, every symbol, every expression that I write is guaranteed to have my full attention for at least a short moment and I know why it is supposed to be there. There is meaning to everything that I write. A LLM just tries to come up with a plausibly-looking piece of code. There is no meaning in that.