The Insecure Evangelism of LLM Maximalists

4 months ago

The author is skeptical about LLM productivity, finding them useful only for limited tasks like searching the web and simple coding.
Prompt-driven development or 'vibe coding' with Agentic LLMs was disappointing, requiring excessive supervision and often producing incorrect results.
The author acknowledges that LLMs enable non-experienced developers to create things they couldn't otherwise, sometimes leading to paid cleanup work.
Vocal proponents of LLMs claim it's the future and criticize skeptics as resistant to change due to fear of irrelevance.
The author finds this baffling, as they like the idea of agentic coding but are disappointed by its current implementation.
The author speculates that LLM evangelists' insistence and hostility stem from their own insecurity about their programming skills.
The author remains open to changing their mind but questions whether LLM evangelists might not be as skilled at programming as they think.

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