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Everyone thinks LLMs boost productivity. But from psychological point of view, the developer being both the subject and the object is no where near scientific and reliable.
In other words, the developer who is using the LLM also reports they are productive. But humans can rarely be good judge over themselves. That's why we've got therapists. So we have to wait for some serious and well done research if LLMs boost productivity.
Another concern I have which prevents me from using LLMs, is the unknown long term effect on the codebase. You know, writing something is much easier than maintaining it for years after years. And every decision you make, you must be mindful of this. So I'm gonna wait and see what'll happen after 1-3 years to the softwares with heavy LLM assists. Will their codebase still be easy to maintain?