Daily Shaarli
May 18, 2026
For now I see two ways to use LLMs-that-do-my-work (as opposed to LLMs-that-search, LLMs-that-ask-me-questions or LLMs-that-build-tools-I-use for instance)
1️⃣ Generating generic things
Given LLMs approximate language, and language approximates intent, it can be argued that the highly over-marketed "artificial intelligence" aspect of LLMs (aka "do something for me that works plz") is most useful when we don't know precisely what we want, and become less valuable the more precise you get (applying semantic anchoring on too many items, typically)
2️⃣ Helping with producing precise things
This includes being technical, having a technical approach, and using the tool positively for the technical steps (for instance, Test Driven Development and Domain Driven Design)
✅ Pros:
- Feeling more productive [1]
- Maybe more productivity (all the studies [1] I've read seem to point it's not the case but this is still early and moving)
❌ Cons (some happen systematically, others conditionally) :
- Dependency on the tool (breaking changes, availability issues, pricing policy changes, data use, state of the relationship between your country and the seller's country, etc)
- Token saving management [2]
- Cognitive surrender [3]
- A LOT more bugs in production [23]
- Senior developer time mostly spent on reviewing code that should not have reached them in that state [23]
- Lack of friction causing drops in memory, learning, engagement, and motivation [4][27]
- Value given to Contributions rather than to Contributors : why should lead devs hire you instead of firing up their own LLM? [28]
- Addiction to Control and/or Validation and/or Slot machine loop ("Replay button") [5]
- Automation of what brought you Joy at work [6]
- More expectations/stress [22] while being paid the same
- Critical thinking presence needs to be maintained (through discipline for instance, which does not work) and/or delegated into automated tests (back to Control replacing Joy)
- Critical thinking quality needs to be maintained by regularly doing things manually despite the tool acting actively against it ("Claude would do it faster" is such a pernicious thought)
- Loss of diversity in collaborative conversations ("my Claude's arguments versus your Claude's arguments") [7]
- How do you mentor Juniors?
1️⃣ Pieces of data gathered about the impact of LLMs on productivity
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_ai-for-developer-productivity-what-now-activity-7452020616016195584-EX1V?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
2️⃣ Multilingual prompting saves 20-40% tokens
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.00246
3️⃣ Study from January 2026 about cognitive surrender
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mehdi-moussaid-160ba916a_labandon-cognitif-cest-le-nom-donn%C3%A9-par-activity-7447901614989934592-HF6l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
4️⃣ Friction : it matters (memory, learning, engagement, motivation)
https://youtu.be/rf642RFALDU?is=wl04yfCcEyU7A2d0
6️⃣ A study from March 2026 about LLMs automating the joy out of work
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_are-we-automating-the-joy-out-of-work-designing-activity-7451939177014841344-qmGA?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
7️⃣ LLM use reduces the number of fields explored by Research
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mehdi-moussaid-160ba916a_encore-un-article-incroyable-publi%C3%A9-la-semaine-activity-7422549300930310144-Qv6v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
8️⃣ study from April 2026 about LLMs corrupting your documents when you delegate, via sparse but severe errors
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_llms-corrupt-your-documents-when-you-delegate-activity-7453400644373303296-TyT4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
9️⃣ A study from June 2025 about cognitive debt when using chatgpt as an assistant for essay writing
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_your-brain-on-chatgpt-accumulation-of-cognitive-activity-7451938489916506112-mfOD?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
🔟 LLMs induce slavery
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_les-travailleurses-du-clic-activity-7450846472041975810-9ma6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
1️⃣1️⃣ Lack of intelligence
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_vous-voulez-gagner-2-millions-de-dollars-activity-7450472933619253248-xMpe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
1️⃣2️⃣ Deleted volume
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_claude-code-deleted-my-entire-archive-activity-7447698537464819712-UFoG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08189 (An analysis of language models on negation benchmarks)
1️⃣3️⃣ A study from March 2026 about LLMs doing human work
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_crashing-waves-vs-rising-tides-preliminary-activity-7447605340403191808-ZsaI?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
1️⃣4️⃣ A study from March 2026 about LLMs answering correctly to visual questions, despite not being given any visual input
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_ia-santaez-hallucinations-activity-7446491905867247616-Q5uH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
1️⃣5️⃣ A study from February 2026 on ai psychosis (aka delusional spiraling) caused by chatbots
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_ai-ai-activity-7445881612736712704-7NFv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
1️⃣7️⃣ A study from March 2026 about LLM writing assistants shifting users' attitudes on societal issues through their bias
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_when-people-use-ai-for-writing-assistance-activity-7448643257019809792-_ccP?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
1️⃣8️⃣ Generated nudes from victims of Crans-Montana fire
https://www.lebigdata.fr/a-vomir-ils-utilisent-lia-grok-pour-denuder-les-victimes-de-crans-montana
1️⃣9️⃣ The Chinese government floods X search results with porn whenever there is political unrest
https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2017134769113542752
2️⃣0️⃣ Hallucination is feature, not a bug (in probabilistic tools)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matsanchez_on-na-jamais-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-aussi-pr%C3%A8s-de-lia-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale-activity-7455161889161949184-IcQ2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
2️⃣2️⃣ Compressed Cognition : Agentic coding is mentally expensive
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adam-tornhill-71759b48_i-have-to-admit-that-i-havent-had-this-much-share-7458044119022616577-q6K4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
2️⃣3️⃣ The acceleration whiplash
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_the-ai-engineering-report-2026-the-ai-acceleration-activity-7459198398634733569-XTzE?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
2️⃣4️⃣ LLMs return Trendslop for Strategic advice
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_researchers-asked-llms-for-strategic-advice-activity-7460645767389818880-FXaN?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABIeznoBdvfOCQc-Pz317B5HZYqHGwcBOgU
2️⃣5️⃣ PR with (+10k, -4million) lines of code
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_from-the-claudecode-community-on-reddit-share-7461460781025488896-7RMV
2️⃣6️⃣ Example of anthropomorphizing (work conditions of the agent)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_une-%C3%A9tude-r%C3%A9cente-de-stanford-r%C3%A9v%C3%A8le-que-activity-7462070011168288768-v4Cp
2️⃣7️⃣ Software developers who abandoned LLMs to go back to traditional
https://youtu.be/iXG_b1K8GK8?is=OGvvC-40wdZiku_s
https://youtu.be/pzkwn3hu1Cc?is=kzL6Dw9v0YW2q4uh
2️⃣8️⃣ Software project with strict anti-LLM policy and the reasons why
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minh-t%C3%A2m-tran_the-zig-projects-rationale-for-their-firm-activity-7462098611229638656-64xk
2️⃣9️⃣ Bun's migration from Zig to Rust : (+1million, -4k) lines of code in 11 days
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/fabricebernhard_1009257-lines-of-code-migrated-in-11-days-share-7460996434058805248-key-
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