A bit over a year ago I wrote How I use LLMs as a staff engineer. Here’s a brief summary of what I used AI for last year: Smart autocomplete with Copilot Short tactical changes in areas I don’t know well (always reviewed by a SME) Writing lots of use-once-and-throwaway research code Asking lots of questions to learn about new topics (e.g. the Unity game engine) Last-resort bugfixes, just in case i

