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David Crawshaw

What David Crawshaw thinks about LLMs

@david-crawshaw · 19 positions · 0 changes of mind

Software engineer; co-founder and former CTO of Tailscale, previously on the Go team at Google.

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  1. Our readingHumans are currently better than LLMs at avoiding distraction while working.

    Their wordsOne thing humans appear to be much better than LLMs at (as of January 2025) is not getting distracted.

    ↗How I program with LLMscrawshaw.io 1st of 2 in this piece

  3. Our readingLLMs will push software development toward more specialized code, fewer generalized packages, and more readable tests.

    Their wordsSo I foresee a world with far more specialized code, with fewer generalized packages, and more readable tests.

    ↗How I program with LLMscrawshaw.io 2nd of 2 in this piece