> I'm hearing anecdotes from all over about devs pushing LLM-generated code changes into production without retaining any knowledge of what it is they're pushing. The changes compound, their understanding of the codebase diminishes, and so the actions become riskier.
I don’t think so.
An LLM can produce higher-quality documentation than most humans. If it's not already happening, when a new developer joins a team, they're going to have an LLM produce any documentation a new developer needs, including why certain decisions were made.
It could also summarize years of email threads and code reviews that, let's face it, a new person wouldn’t be able to ingest anyway; it's not like a new developer gets to take a week off to get caught up on everything that happened before they got there. English not their first language? Well, the LLM can present the information in virtually any language required.
As the models continue to improve, they'll spot patterns in the code that a human wouldn’t be able to see.
I don’t think so.
An LLM can produce higher-quality documentation than most humans. If it's not already happening, when a new developer joins a team, they're going to have an LLM produce any documentation a new developer needs, including why certain decisions were made.
It could also summarize years of email threads and code reviews that, let's face it, a new person wouldn’t be able to ingest anyway; it's not like a new developer gets to take a week off to get caught up on everything that happened before they got there. English not their first language? Well, the LLM can present the information in virtually any language required.
As the models continue to improve, they'll spot patterns in the code that a human wouldn’t be able to see.