When I see someone talk about the reams of boilerplate they’re getting the LLM to write for them, I really do wonder what godawful sounding tools and tech-stack they’re being subjected to.
Exactly. Back in the day, people talked about "design patterns". It took a while for (some of) the industry to recognize that "design patterns" are a sign that your libraries and tools aren't good enough, because you're having to write the same patterns repeatedly.