I don't overuse LLMs for now; however when I have a complex problem that would require multiple of searches and dozens of tabs opened and reading through very long docs, asking LLM allows me to iterate order of magnitude faster.
Things that were previously "log a jira and think about it when I have a full uninterrupted day" now can be approached with half an hour spare. This is game changer because "have a full day uninterrupted" almost never happens.
It's like having a very senior coworker who knows a lot of stuff and booking a 30m meeting to brainstorm with them and quickly reject useless paths vs dig more into promising ones, vs. sitting all day researching on your own.
The ideas simply flow much faster with this approach.
I use it to get a high level familiarity with what's likely possible vs what's not, and then confirm with normal search.
I use LLMs also for non-work things like getting high level understanding of taxation, inheritance etc laws in a country I moved in, to get some starting point for further research.
This. Not having to open two dozen tabs and read through so much is a gamechanger, especially for someone who has had trouble focusing with so much open. This is especially true when learning a new technology.
Things that were previously "log a jira and think about it when I have a full uninterrupted day" now can be approached with half an hour spare. This is game changer because "have a full day uninterrupted" almost never happens.
It's like having a very senior coworker who knows a lot of stuff and booking a 30m meeting to brainstorm with them and quickly reject useless paths vs dig more into promising ones, vs. sitting all day researching on your own.
The ideas simply flow much faster with this approach.
I use it to get a high level familiarity with what's likely possible vs what's not, and then confirm with normal search.
I use LLMs also for non-work things like getting high level understanding of taxation, inheritance etc laws in a country I moved in, to get some starting point for further research.