LLM-era skills now need more logic and testing than pre-LLM CRUD services
NirantK · x · 2026-07-29
The author argues that the average skill being written today has far more logic and testing complexity than a pre-LLM CRUD microservice.
- If you are shipping the same style of software as in 2022, engineering can still feel easier.
- But for modern, flaky software, the work is much harder.
- The implication: LLM-era software often pushes complexity from simple app code into behavior selection, prompt design, and test coverage.
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