Like pretty much every possible topic, the truth sits in between extremes. Nowhere is this truer than takes on LLMs and coding.

LLMs are neither completely useless nor are they completely hands off software engineers (though they are closer to the latter than the former, but by no means there).

The correct take is the following:

The real advantage isn’t pure velocity — it’s exploration. GenAI is great for brainstorming and breaking creative inertia, not for bypassing the thinking process. Source