Some Reading to Protect Yourself from LLM Doomerism

⁜ 2026-08-14 by giulianopz

In this age of great technological leaps and marketing hype, one has to carefully scrutinise one’s beliefs and opinions to preserve one’s mental stability. Programmers, especially, are among the most affected categories, as prosumers of this AI/LLM revolution (which started not so long ago, in November 2025).

One has to remember that LLMs are just another tool in the programmer’s toolbox, even if of a very different kind, and restrain oneself from both LLM haters and LLM evangelists.

To help navigate the uncharted waters of this exciting yet troublesome transition, the articles below can serve as a valuable guide:

• The Value of Things, Bob Nystrom
• LLMs Reward Expertise, Sean Goedecke
• Don’t be a meat proxy, Niklas Gruhn
• I costi del software: far emergere ciò che il mercato non prezza, Paolo Benanti (italian and from a priest!!! but worth clicking on 文/A in your browser)