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Avoid cognitive debt by manually typing in LLM-generated code
A developer describes how he uses coding assistants by having them generate code in chat, but then manually types in all the changes himself instead of letting the assistant edit files directly. The approach makes him roughly 2x faster than without assistance, but slower than those who let the machine do all the work.
WHY IT MATTERS
The method ensures that the developer understands every line of code going into his projects, reduces the chance that he loses control of his own codebase, and helps him spot hallucinations or poor design choices from the LLM. It's a strategy against what he fears is industry-wide «cognitive debt».
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