[LabMechanic]

Usually not. For me, it's an “autonomous search engine on steroids, i.e., its huge dataset”. (I.e., it's just another tool you use.)

Before LLMs, you would cobble a bunch of disjoint information via a search engine like Google. Now, LLMs do this for you, and it certainly helps me to get a lot quicker with using libraries or APIs I am not familiar with (e.g., PyGame, Flask, Django). However, you might find that code from the LLM might need some fixing (subtle bugs or redundancies) or a better use of resources.

The other issue is the LLM's dataset bias towards the most used technologies or concepts. So you might have a hard time with an LLM trying to make Clojure/Racket code or telling the LLM to specifically do the point-in-triangle test with the wedge product only.

Hence, there is still some leeway or reason to use your thing between the ears.

You might as well ask: Are you referencing Stack Overflow or the Microsoft Developer Reference (e.g., in your developer notes/comments)?

My answer: usually, yes.