--- title: Code is cheap. Show me the talk. | daily.dev description: LLM-assisted coding tools have fundamentally transformed software development by eliminating traditional constraints of time, effort, and cognitive load. Code... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/code-is-cheap-show-me-the-talk--gjasawxps twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Code is cheap. Show me the talk. | daily.dev og:description: LLM-assisted coding tools have fundamentally transformed software development by eliminating traditional constraints of time, effort, and cognitive load. Code... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/code-is-cheap-show-me-the-talk--gjasawxps og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gjaSawXps.png og:image:alt: Code is cheap. Show me the talk. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Code is cheap. Show me the talk. **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 18 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary LLM-assisted coding tools have fundamentally transformed software development by eliminating traditional constraints of time, effort, and cognitive load. Code generation has become trivially cheap, shifting value from the ability to write code to the ability to articulate problems, architect solutions, and critically evaluate outputs. This disrupts traditional quality signals, FOSS collaboration dynamics, and career progression paths while raising concerns about junior developers who may never develop foundational expertise. 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