On using LLMs to write software

I asked the internet about which products are built without any AI, and a few have already been mentioned in the comments (go check out it – new Pagecord beta feature!). It's a pretty interesting topic! I think if you have the passion, the time, the skill, and the patience, it would be a very nice way to work. Certainly on an established product. It's how I worked for over 25 years as a software developer in some form or other, but I was never a hardcore geek or programming genius. I worked with many people who were, and they inhabited a higher plane of software engineering that I could ever reach. Trust me, I tried.These days I use coding LLMs to help me build Pagecord, but I'm a conductor and supervisor with very high standards, not a vibe coder. Claude may produce the initial code, but I batter it into submission until it's as perfect as I think it needs to be. I like working this way because I have ambition as well as impatience. These LLMs allow me to accomplish things on a…