Re:"AI first" and the Bus Factor of 0
by TYPE_FASTER on Thursday August 21, 2025 @09:27AM
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Yesterday I did spent about 30-60min reverse engineering some existing code.
A co-worker spent the same amount of time having a LLM do the same thing, and produce documentation that now lives in a wiki.
It would have taken me another 30-60min to produce the same documentation.
The difference is that I, as a person/team member, understand it.
If the model is effectively a team member and is included in all the same conversations ("hey, what about...") then I think it could be roughly equivalent.
A co-worker spent the same amount of time having a LLM do the same thing, and produce documentation that now lives in a wiki.
It would have taken me another 30-60min to produce the same documentation.
The difference is that I, as a person/team member, understand it.
If the model is effectively a team member and is included in all the same conversations ("hey, what about...") then I think it could be roughly equivalent.