they say it's worth it
Narrator: They did not.
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2025
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I've used it to explore some avenues without having to write a complete implementation. If the approach shows promise, then I go through the code and mostly rewrite it because the code it generates is terrible. I also use it if I don't care about the project I'm on. They want to "do test-driven development" while having poorly-defined requirements that constantly change on a whim while also setting unreasonable unit test coverage thresholds? Cool, I'll let the AI shit out a bunch of unit tests and waffle stomp it to satisfy your poorly thought out project requirements.
I agree with you on this. Let it handle things you don't care about and massage the output if necessary. Anything I do care about, I code myself, but will ask for help if I get stuck on something. I'm a novice programmer at best, 18/100 skill score.
That will make Taco very angry
This headline made me a little nauseous.
This topic is always twisted and based on some random bait surveys. Yes I'd commit AI code but mostly because that code does a test or implements some one off function that I read through anyway.
Do I enjoy baby sitting AI? Eh its a mix bag. Its great for writing tests and boilerplate and bootstrap you into real solutions but I dread any code base that claims their mostly written by cloude code. The AI is still incredibly stupid.
I think rubber duck is really the best feature of AI. I've been working remotely for over 20 years now and it's such a game changer just to bounce ideas and architecture designs with a chat bot. This feature should be revolutionary enough without the need for independent agents.