Have you seen LLM play chess? They would not best an average 6 years old who just learned the rules. I doubt giving them more context would help. There are some thing you can't just parrot your way out.

And I would easily argue that it's harder to copy the behavior of a good software engineer than it is to copy the moves of a good chess players.

Not even talking about understanding the business logic you are actually implementing. Which LLM seems as far as understanding chess.

As I see it I am directing it while constantly watching, controlling and questioning it.

I wouldnt let it do anything on larger code bases, but building highly specialized services or components IS crazy efficient, when you question ever move.

Well, until Claude Code ends the game(maybe in a few months), yeah. Today we're not there yet, even with full codebase knowledge. At least from my experience and how I want it to be done. For some, the damage has already been done. Wait & see !

I've seen it do so stupid things I am still afraid running each query. It honestly kinda stressful to keep up with, when it starts breaking things. More like a super fast trainee than a coworker to depend on. Yet do damn efficient to work with