LLM-is-a-compiler is indeed a simplistic approach. I wrote a rebuttal to the yesterday's Cursor post, may reuse it here https://replicated.live/blog/follow-up
The idea that a 835-page spec "just exists" and we run an LLM to implement it is completely flawed. Specs do not appear out of nowhere, they co-evolve with the code. If you have the code, why do you want to generate it again?
Good software is made as a product of numerous feedback loops and LLMs let you operate those loops faster. They do not supplement the entire process though.
In the end, a good product is a barrel of distilled feedback.
The idea that a 835-page spec "just exists" and we run an LLM to implement it is completely flawed. Specs do not appear out of nowhere, they co-evolve with the code. If you have the code, why do you want to generate it again?
Good software is made as a product of numerous feedback loops and LLMs let you operate those loops faster. They do not supplement the entire process though.
In the end, a good product is a barrel of distilled feedback.