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  1. v3ss0n · · focus · HN ↗
    just another prompt right?
    1. dudus · · focus · HN ↗
      [delayed]
    2. fakeBeerDrinker · · focus · HN ↗
      yeah, but with “agentic mapreduce”
      1. v3ss0n · · focus · HN ↗
        which ai come up with that buzzword lol
  2. phi_blankslate · · focus · HN ↗

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  3. akersten · · focus · HN ↗
    Their sample prompt takes me back a year or two:

    > Find unused code in our web app. Exclude generated files and test fixtures, and check for indirect references before recommending a removal.

    If I "/goal remove unused code" in Claude today, I would not even think to specify "check for indirect references" and "don't consider generated code dead code," those sorts of intuitions have been "built in" to the frontier models for a while now.

    So I'm pretty confused by this, what does it do that I can't with an agent swarm?

  4. Sheeny96 · · focus · HN ↗
    > Improve SEO > Reduce maintenance overhead > Make your application compile faster > Find unused code in our web app. Exclude generated files and test fixtures, and check for indirect references before recommending a removal.

    If someone came to me with these requirements, I would laugh in their face. These reek of busy work with no actual business benefit. Have these people actually built real software before?

    1. mytydev · · focus · HN ↗
      I would categorize these all as grunt work, but definitely not busywork or even a lack of business value. Improving SEO has direct business value. And the fact that it's unglamorous and laborious feels like a really good reason to have agents do it.
    2. ksjckejdkw · · focus · HN ↗
      Have you actually built real software before?

      In what world does improving SEO, reducing maintenance overhead and faster compile times not provide any actual business benefit?

      > If someone came to me with these requirements, I would laugh in their face.

      My god the arrogance is almost tangible. Maybe tone down the greybeard act a bit, yeah? No one’s buying it.

  5. aidiveyt · · focus · HN ↗

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  6. NBJack · · focus · HN ↗
    Yep, we've been doing this "agenticly" at my job for a while now. I can't say the results are often impressive, particularly if you underspecify what you actually want.
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