alt Hacker Newsyep, i think the real LLM superpower is knowing that something has been done before and having access to the code that did it. so much of even novel software includes bits and pieces that have well-optimised existing solutions, and the bot knows those solutions a lot better than i do, and can even pattern match them from the general shape of the problem.
Yes. It’s also excellent at reading large codebases and putting together a picture of what’s going on. I’ve been using it a lot lately to brief me on projects and design decisions. “Look at these two projects. They both solve task X. Write a report about their similarities and differences, and the tradeoffs as a result.” And then I ask followup questions. Saves a ton of time.