Martin Fowler 11/4/2025

The Learning Loop and LLMs

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The article critiques the 'assembly line' metaphor for software development, emphasizing that design emerges through implementation and feedback. The author, a Thoughtworks engineer, shares his experience using LLMs, concluding they are best used as brainstorming tools to lower the threshold for experimentation, not as autonomous code builders that bypass the essential learning loop of development.

The Learning Loop and LLMs

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