On not using copilot

LLMs are a “lubricant for the crushing weight of complexity”.

Say what you will about the mountains of technical debt at your average startup, but that technical debt was hard-won, written by hand over the course of years. With modern tools, we can greatly accelerate that process.

You thought npm made it easy to quickly pile on complexity? Let’s see where code-assistant LLMs get us.

Tom also poses a good question: where does all this accelerated productivity take us?

Here’s my question for companies using LLMs: when will I see your productivity gains and cost savings reflected in my bill?