LLM assisted development: a cost benefit analysis

By this time, I believe all of us have described something to a coding agent and have it brought to life by the bot.

Some would have done it out of curiosity, some would have been pressured by their employers to deliver faster.

The world has changed. The genie is out of the bottle. There is no going back.

But what does that mean for the programmer, the software engineer, the creative brain?

While the benefits of using LLM assistance for every facet of work are being touted by the masses, this talk aims to take a hard look at the costs apart from the monthly fees and API costs.

The proponents of this tech would have the humanity believe that resistance is futile, is that truly the case?

What does it mean for beginners in the field vs veterans of the industry?

How does it impact larger open source projects when LLM assisted contributions start pouring in?

Do we need to retain the ability to think?