Peer Programming with LLMs, for Senior+ Engineers

Programming with LLMs is both promising and frustrating. While these AI assistants can help with coding and debugging, they often waste time too. Yet for senior engineers, pair peer programming with LLMs shows real potential. This article is a collection of blog posts written by other senior or staff+ engineers exploring the use of LLM in their work, without the usual hype or buzzwords from the usual suspects. I hope you find them useful and inspiring. Articles and Resources Practical AI techniques for daily engineering work by Sean Goedecke: Sean shares two major ways he uses AI in his daily work — The “Second opinion” technique and The “Throwaway debugging scripts” technique. I’ve been using the “second opinion” technique in recent weeks, so it resonated with me. Given the right context/problem, I’d like to try the “throwaway debugging scripts” technique as well. Sean also shares some other tips that can help you get started with using LLM tools for your work. Harper Reed’s LLM Co ... Read full article.