Yeah. It remains an open question if they'll be a net positive in the end. If they end up being helpful, good. And if they end up being mostly a waste of our time, then we'll go back to where we were. More or less.

It seems like there's still some juice to squeeze from this technology, though. So my money is on a net positive. For now.

Even if they end up being bad practice for production code, we can probably agree that they're decent at mock-ups, experimentation, and quick proof of concepts. That at least has some value.

I see a lot of people with zero coding/engineering experience trying to make their own products, and very few of those products with long term staying power. We've got a long way to mature with how we use this tech. This moment feels like the introduction of the home microwave: A lot of terrible, terrible meals were cooked while people briefly forsook their stove to use the miraculous microwave for everything. Eventually people figured out what tasks the microwave was suitable for and then went back to the oven for all but simple re-heating.