Here’s number 12 in the series on LLM-assisted coding over at The New Stack: Let’s Talk: Conversational Software Development
I keep coming back to the theme of the first article in this series: When the rubber duck talks back. Thinking out loud always helps. Ideally, you get to do that with a human partner. A rubber duck, though a poor substitute, is far better than nothing.
Conversing with LLMs isn’t like either of these options, it’s something else entirely; and we’re all in the midst of figuring out how it can work. Asking an LLM to write code, and having it magically appear? That’s an obvious life-changer. Talking with an LLM about the code you’re partnering with it to write? I think that’s a less obvious but equally profound life-changer.
The rest of the series:
1 When the rubber duck talks back
2 Radical just-in-time learning
3 Why LLM-assisted table transformation is a big deal
4 Using LLM-Assisted Coding to Write a Custom Template Function
5 Elevating the Conversation with LLM Assistants
6 How Large Language Models Assisted a Website Makeover
7 Should LLMs Write Marketing Copy?
8 Test-Driven Development with LLMs: Never Trust, Always Verify
9 Learning While Coding: How LLMs Teach You Implicitly
