Ask HN: What do you do while LLM is writing code
me551ah Thursday, November 13, 2025I have been coding for more than 20 years now and nothing has changed my coding habit more than LLMs. I am a touch typer and use a blue mechnical keyboard since I love typing so much and have been used to writing a lot of code.
But ever since LLMs have released, I do find myself writing long prompts and then waiting for LLM to do the implementation. They are not perfect by any means and make a lot of mistakes, but I have found that verbose prompting does usually get the job done.
Now these sessions usually last a few hours due to how slow LLMs are and I usually work on larger pieces of work. I am used to working long hours and typing for a long time, but this is new. I find myself waiting for 70% of the time for an operation to happen.
I find myself watching tv shows or youtube videos or even doing some creative writing on the side while LLMs do their work.
So I was just wondering what other creative things the HN crowd has come up with to do while LLMs are doing the grunt work for you.