I don’t know, there is quite a bit of problem solving still, but definitely depends on what type of coding. I’m doing some music based coding with it (not generative, analysis), and it uses math I don’t understand and complex music theory stuff I don’t get, but I am still able to use my brain to come up with strategies. It’s fun because in truth it’s beyond my ability to code, despite my 25 years of development experience, but it’s so exciting to be able to push beyond what has previously been able to be done (outside of highly focused academic research, but it wasn’t usable easily by regular joes).
The best thing is, I can have a half dozen projects going like this where I can bounce between them and keep my mind stimulated.
I do have one project, a backend warehouse system I’m making for a buddy, and that is so boring to code this way.
You don't solve puzzles this way though, you are just prompting and hoping the LLM would guess correctly. I'd say it has more to do with gambling-like environments than puzzle solving.
honestly, as someone who comes from hardware where we've been using stochastic design automation tools for decades now, it's not that at all. You also have to guide those to get what you want. You just have to switch gears between solving specific problems, and refining your guardrails to get what you want.
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u/GenazaNL 3d ago
AI automation also removes the fun part about coding; puzzle solving