<story><title>What codegen is good for</title><url>https://www.figma.com/blog/what-codegen-is-actually-good-for/#aAkZ9</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>thomashop</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Instead of thinking about codegen as a replacement for a developer, what if we thought about it as an extension?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;In my filter bubble most people would already agree with the statement that generative code models are an extension rather than a replacement. It&amp;#x27;s not that revelatory of a statement.&lt;p&gt;Saying they are a replacement without any evidence to suggest this is already starting to happen seems like it&amp;#x27;s taking a larger leap of faith.</text></comment>
<story><title>What codegen is good for</title><url>https://www.figma.com/blog/what-codegen-is-actually-good-for/#aAkZ9</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jackconsidine</author><text>I thought these were some good ideas. In my experience I vacillate between &amp;quot;omg the singularity is here&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;this actually isn&amp;#x27;t that good for X specific task&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;I very much trust the output of LLMs to be well-designed, but I don&amp;#x27;t trust things to just work, especially if the system is complicated. I experimented a bit the past few days doing a task myself (building an interface in an existing project), using AI assist, and trying to get AI to solve completely (GPT-4). The solve completely pathway failed and I found myself in an interminable loop. AI-assist was a solid experience.&lt;p&gt;Anecdotal but consistent with Figma&amp;#x27;s observation</text></comment>