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"There’s real value in faster prototyping, scaffolding, and automation. But LLMs don’t remove the need for clear thinking, careful review, and thoughtful design. If anything, those become even more important as more code gets generated." ordep.dev/posts/writin...

ordep.devWriting Code Was Never The BottleneckLLMs make it easier to write code, but understanding, reviewing, and maintaining it still takes time, trust, and good judgment.

Ryan Haskell

@ryan.town

9 July 2025

I’ve experienced some benefits recently with AI speeding up the monotonous parts of my job AND the issue called out here is definitely the main challenge with scaling it in practice at work. Thanks for sharing this, Ben! ❤️

Ryan Haskell

@ryan.town

Was that an aggressive "AND"? I meant my post to feel like "ai is helpful sometimes and also has a significant cost to consider when working with a team" All caps is a risky choice when agreeing with someone online 😅

9/7/25, 2:37 pm0 reposts1 like

Ben Hong

@bencodezen.io

9 July 2025

Haha all caps certainly can be, but it came off alright for me!