2x, not 10x: coding with LLMs in 2026
Something I've learned about myself over the past 6 months is that if I ever
discover Harry Potter is nonfiction and magic is real, my reaction will be
approximately "OK that's interesting, but is this magic stuff good for anything
more complex than writing unit tests?"
LLMs have certainly passed that threshold of usefulness, though as of July 2026
and based solely on my own direct observations, they still have fundamental
limitations such that I have not yet taken up woodworking as a contingenc...
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