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I'm dialing back my LLM usage


From the Zed Blog: Alberto Fortin shares his honest reflection on the reality of using LLMs in production code and why he's taking a more measured approach.

However, after encountering significant challenges while rebuilding his infrastructure with Go and ClickHouse, he wrote a thoughtful blog post reflecting on the gap between AI hype and reality. For this conversation, Alberto also prepared a detailed follow-up analysis testing newer models like Claude Opus 4, examining whether recent improvements have addressed the core issues he encountered. His experience provides practical lessons for engineers evaluating LLMs in production environments—balancing realistic expectations with an understanding of where these tools genuinely add value versus where they still fall short.

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