In the past six months we’ve seen LLM based coding tools go from occasionally useful novelties to legitimate contributors to real software development.
The current discussion around these tools tends to fall into two camps: those that argue they will rapidly replace the need for software developers, and those that argue they will rapidly create giant messes for software developers to clean up. The truth is both, and neither. The reality is that LLM based coding tools are force multipliers: they offer radical acceleration, but this is only good if you are going in the right direction.
In this talk I’ll share our experience helping real software development teams effectively adopt AI on real projects. I’ll discuss which advances elevated these tools, specific practices you can use on your project and team, and how to measure your adoption success.
Chris Nelson is a principal developer and founder at Launch Scout. He enjoys cortados, mentoring developers, learning new things and sharing what he learns. He’s spoken at many conferences, including ElixirConf, RailsConf, RubyConf, WASM I/O, JavaOne, No Fluff Just Stuff, CodeMash, Momentum, and more.
