LLM assisted coding can get you from an idea to MVP in an evening (within maybe 1 or 2 Claude 5 hour quota windows).
I've done _so_ many of these where I go "hmm, this might be useful", planned the project with gemini/chatgpt free versions to a markdown project file and then sic Claude on it while I catch up on my shows.
Within a few prompts I've got something workable and I can determine if it was a good idea or not.
Without an LLM I never would've even tried it, I have better and more urgent things to do than code a price-watcher for very niche Blu-ray seller =)
This, for me, is the actual gain and I don't see a lot of people talking about it: it's not that I finish a project faster the LLMs. From what I've read and personally experienced, it probably takes about as long to complete a project with or without the LLMs. But the difference is, without it I spend all that time deeply engaged, unable to do anything else. With the LLMs I no longer require continuous focus. It may be the same wall-clock time but my own mental capacity is not being used at or near capacity.
I've done _so_ many of these where I go "hmm, this might be useful", planned the project with gemini/chatgpt free versions to a markdown project file and then sic Claude on it while I catch up on my shows.
Within a few prompts I've got something workable and I can determine if it was a good idea or not.
Without an LLM I never would've even tried it, I have better and more urgent things to do than code a price-watcher for very niche Blu-ray seller =)