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1. brink · 1791054618 · focus · HN ↗

   I also have found that AI has not lived up to many of its promises and have dialed back what AI gets control of. My projects were turning into unmaintainable messes. The people who say coding is solved aren't paying attention.

   1. analog_daddy · 1791057274 · focus · HN ↗

      Oh my god. I am sad to have to acknowledge this even if the models have “theoretically” gotten better. I am not a programmer but I am super opinionated with the design and structure of the code and need to make sure whatever I write/ask to generate and use for my own tasks is understood by me at least once. I wasn’t this way in 2023. I am constantly reading/trying for an agent to help me write simple code without spending too much time. But so far nothing has worked. I wish someone figures it out otherwise, I personally would not be able to realize the AI agent productivity benefits that others are supposedly seeing.

      1. zanderwohl · 1791059512 · focus · HN ↗

         If you specify a structure, pattern, or design, it will stick to that design after a code review phase. Just tell it what standards you have, and after two rounds, it will have written what you described.

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