Post #45354

constantly fail to even compile because, for example, they mix usages of different SDK versions Try an agentic tool like Claude Code - it closes the loop by testing the compilation for you, and fixing its mistakes (like human programmers do) before bothering you for another prompt. I was where you are at 6 months ago, the tools have improved dramatically since then. From TFS > I needed to make a small change and realized I wasn’t confident I could do it. My own product, built under my direction, and I’d lost confidence in my ability to modify it. That sounds like a “fractional CTO problem” to me (IMO a fractional CTO is a guy who convinces several small companies that he’s a brilliant tech genius who will help them make their important tech decisions without actually paying full-time attention to any of them. Actual tech experience: optional.) If you have lost confidence in your ability to modify your own creation, that’s not a tools problem - you are the tool, that’s a you problem. It doesn’t matter if you’re using an LLM coding tool, or a team of human developers, or a pack of monkeys to code your applications, if you don’t document and test and formally develop an “understanding” of your product that not only you but all stakeholders can grasp to the extent they need to, you’re just letting the development run wild - lacking a formal software development process maturity. LLMs can do that faster than a pack of monkeys, or a bunch of kids you hired off Craigslist, but it’s the exact same problem no matter how you slice it.