Most people still use LLMs like a fancier Google, ask a question, get an answer, move on. But there's a massive gap between that and what's possible now.
If you're running agentic tools like OpenCode...
I like the energy and focus, particularly for coding/building. My two pents as someone adjacent, but not within the tech space directly:
I fight with it. I use it carefully to spark learning, critique my own positions—seriously, by anonymizing my own and asking it to steel-man them—and to explore new topics.
It can be an “upgraded” intellectual search tool. Not just a “Google” or search bar, but an interrogative interface. It does take careful and serious prompting to avoid just convincing yourself of your priors.
For someone like me—adjacent, not a coder—what am I missing from your post? What’s the core value-add I could be tapping into?
I fight with it. I use it carefully to spark learning, critique my own positions—seriously, by anonymizing my own and asking it to steel-man them—and to explore new topics.
It can be an “upgraded” intellectual search tool. Not just a “Google” or search bar, but an interrogative interface. It does take careful and serious prompting to avoid just convincing yourself of your priors.
For someone like me—adjacent, not a coder—what am I missing from your post? What’s the core value-add I could be tapping into?
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