I don't think I agree that simple is hard. Simple takes effort. Simple requires that you have agency. Simple has all the information available. Simple means that you're accountable for something. I'll be cynical here - it's sooooo much easier to say: this is how it was when I arrived here, it's not my problem, what will I get out of this, somebody told me to do it like this, let's leave as it is, there's no point in touching this. And nothing in the above is LLMs fault! Well, unless at least now you can say - something did it like that! It's not my fault, it's what LLM told me to do.

I'm hopeful that LLMs make iteration and refactoring easier. That they'll allow developers to say to product (or even to themselves) "this module that is a dumpster fire? Sure, I can let agent investigate/refactor and that work that would have taken 2w will be done in half a day, do you want to go ahead?". That they'll allow developers to investigate how to make things simpler, more understandable, more coherent, to agree on a one fucking way to do things.

Anyhow, apologies for being glum and straying away from the topic, but I also wanted to make a comment that is unlikely to be seen :) the bile comes from past personal experience and is not directed towards anyone (it's more of an acid reflux).