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Generative AI coding tools and agents do not work for me

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399 points nomdep | 2 comments | 17 Jun 25 00:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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ed_mercer ◴[17 Jun 25 01:51 UTC] No.44295055[source]▶
> It takes me at least the same amount of time to review code not written by me than it would take me to write the code myself, if not more.

Hard disagree. It's still way faster to review code than to manually write it. Also the speed at which agents can find files and the right places to add/edit stuff alone is a game changer.

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1. Winsaucerer ◴[17 Jun 25 04:10 UTC] No.44295684[source]▶
There's a difference between reviewing code by developers you trust, and reviewing code by developers you don't trust or AI you don't trust.

Although tbh, even in the worse case I think I am still faster at reviewing than writing. The only difference is though, those reviews will never have had the same depth of thought and consideration as when I write the code myself. So reviews are quicker, but also less thorough/robust than writing for me.

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2. bluefirebrand ◴[17 Jun 25 04:59 UTC] No.44295888[source]▶
> also less thorough/robust than writing for me.

This strikes me as a tradeoff I'm absolutely not willing to make, not when my name is on the PR