Published: May 5, 2025
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Say that transformers were not invented in 2017, ChatGPT not released in 2022 and LLMs, OpenAI, GH Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf would not exist today. How would *software engineering* be different? How would developing software be different without LLM tools? (serious question!)
Turning it around: what have LLM tools given us developers that we didn’t have before? Couldn’t do before, or not nearly as well as now? There is a lot of talk about the impact of LLMs. This is a test on the actual impact tho, and not theoretical possibilities in the future.