IDK if this applies, but sharing:
Coding is usually "applied scaffolding". You're usually just producing a specialized version of a pattern you read about to create a thing to solve a specific problem. Most LLMs are really great for this.
Not all problems are this simple. In fact, most really hard problems happen after this phase of the work.
I've found this is when you find out if your model/context sucks.
This is the really valuable part of software engineering.
Matt Hamilton (npub1gx2…4lmh)
Jazzilla
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2026-07-20 15:10:33 UTC
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