Post #1452536
2026-04-13 12:52 UTC
@benjamineskola I have a growing personal theory that LLM popularity has been fueled by remote work and the "loneliness epidemic" -- having even a synthetic social touch point during the day seems to have filled a need. And with programmers working remotely more often that most, perhaps this also partly explains their greater than average adoption of LLMs.
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@benjamineskola@hachyderm.io 2026-04-13 13:03
@sanityinc Yeah, I think there's something interesting going on there, sarcasm aside. As someone who's not naturally very sociable, I try to make a particular effort with the social aspects of software development precisely because I know it's important and I'd avoid it if I let myself. But I think there are a lot of programmers who still resent having to interact with others as part of their work. Anecdotally in my experience some of those also seem really into LLMs, so maybe that relates somehow. I don't really have a clear theory there.