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Generative AI coding tools and agents do not work for me

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399 points nomdep | 1 comments | 17 Jun 25 00:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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handfuloflight ◴[17 Jun 25 01:39 UTC] No.44294975[source]▶
Will we be having these conversations for the next decade?
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adventured ◴[17 Jun 25 01:46 UTC] No.44295027[source]▶
The conversations will climb the ladder and narrow.

Eventually: well, but, the AI coding agent isn't better than a top 10%/5%/1% software developer.

And it'll be that the coding agents can't do narrow X thing better than a top tier specialist at that thing.

The skeptics will forever move the goal posts.

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jdbernard ◴[17 Jun 25 02:01 UTC] No.44295109[source]▶
If the AI actually outperforms humans in the full context of the work, then no, we won't. It will be so much cheaper and faster that businesses won't have to argue at all. Those that adopt them will massively outcompetes those that don't.

However, assuming we are still having this conversation, that alone is proof to me that the AI is not that capable. We're several years into "replace all devs in six months." We will have to continue wait and see it try and do.

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1. ukprogrammer ◴[17 Jun 25 10:06 UTC] No.44297418[source]▶
> If the AI actually outperforms humans in the full context of the work, then no, we won't. It will be so much cheaper and faster that businesses won't have to argue at all. Those that adopt them will massively outcompetes those that don't.

This. The dev's outcompeting by using AI today are too busy shipping, rather than wasting time writing blog posts about what ultimately, is a skill-issue.