[hexhowells]

OP here, I whipped this up in like 10 minutes after modelling the problem from a new perspective (I want to be less of a perfectionist with my blogs) so there are definitely grey areas I didn't consider/cover.

I do think LLMs can be good for certain boilerplate code whilst still allowing you to enjoy the problems you care about, and as far as my binary definitions this is more of a grey area.

I guess for me, this has introduced a slippery slope where if the LLM can also code the "fun" stuff, I'll be more inclined to use it, which defeats the whole purpose for me. Perhaps being able to identify which type of project I am working on, it can help me avoid using LLMs to enjoy programming more again!

[throwaway31131]

Maybe you could ask the LLMs to stub out whatever you consider fun leaving you with a LeetCode style problem to solve. I could see that being fun. I actually really like LeetCode in the same way some people like doing Sunday crossword puzzles.