<antirez>
6 hours ago
- Frontier LLMs like Gemini 2.5 PRO and Claude Opus 4 can amplify programmer capabilities when used with clear communication and iterative back-and-forth.
- Benefits include eliminating bugs before release, rapid idea exploration, pair-design blending human instinct with LLM knowledge, accelerated code writing under specifications, and working with unfamiliar technologies.
- Key practices: refuse 'vibe coding' for nontrivial projects; provide extensive context including papers, codebase, and brain dumps with hints and clear goals.
- Use specific LLMs (Gemini 2.5 PRO for reasoning, Claude Opus 4 for writing) and avoid agents or integrated editor agents; stay in control by manually moving code to the LLM web interface.
- Human+LLM collaboration currently yields the highest quality code; agents may improve in the future but for now, retaining control maximizes output and learning.