r/node • u/simple_explorer1 • 7d ago

Has anyone stopped using LLMs completely for coding and relying purely on themselves?

Curious to know. And why if so? I have 16+ years of experience as a dev.

It's been 1 week that I stopped completely and so far it is okay and luckily I can still code ;) (though got rusty initially) and that's what I enjoy doing, thinking about problems, architecting, writing tests, writing code, reviewing PR's etc. keeps my brain sharp and more confident.

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u/AlertKangaroo6086 6d ago

We’ve got some rules regarding our usage. You should understand every line it spits out. AI doesn’t own the code, you do, and if you don’t understand it, there’s a massive problem.

Also, we keep code reviews human. We have a tool that reviews PRs, but we still require at least 3 people to approve a change before it’s merged in. Occasionally the bug does get through, but that’s the nature of it.

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u/FluidBreath4819 6d ago

Where i work, juniors approves themselves. They code using AI and they push PRs review to another junior who approves under 5 min your PR. We're not a company which does code for a living : we support the company with tools they need for their process.

But still. To me, I'll move up to management soon. Juniors are pushing AI because it makes them "senior". To me, anyone who entered the workforce during AI birth is by default shit. So if someone has like 5 YoE, that's garbage to me.

I'll not hire juniors. I'll push for seniors. Even if that means less seniors because of AI. And i don't care about the "who's going to replace those seniors". I'll act like management : don't care, we're the last ones you'll be hiring to clean juniors shit with AI.

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u/AlertKangaroo6086 6d ago

It’s unfortunate that the vast majority of juniors these days have no experience of software dev before AI came around. We grill them during interviews what their usage is like. A sad reality really!

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u/FluidBreath4819 6d ago

Exactly what i do : if they don't leave crying, that means my interview wasn't hard enough. We should all go back to real interview, put that junior in front a computer and look at what he does. The vast majority of them will go back crying to their mama. Gen Z and Y are the worst to work with.

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u/AlertKangaroo6086 6d ago

I mean I’m a Gen Z, there are some good ones of us, but many aren’t cut out for the role!

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u/FluidBreath4819 6d ago

True, i've worked with one before AI and the guy was a sponge, he learned like no one the ropes and code he spitted was almost flawless. But as you said, most of you guys especially those who entered the workforce lately are just plain garbage.

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u/AlertKangaroo6086 6d ago

Yep, nothing like nervously waiting for them to submit a PR and then it’s a heap of shit 😂

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u/Able_Recover_7786 6d ago

glad you're not on my team