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What is going on right now?

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378 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 07:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.332s | source
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rickreynoldssf ◴[22 Aug 25 13:15 UTC] No.44984286[source]▶
I think a lot of the impressions of AI generating slop is a case of garbage in/garbage out. You need to learn HOW to ask for things. Just asking "write code to do X" is wrong in most cases. You have to provide some specifications and expectations just like working with a junior engineer. You also can't ask "write me a module that does X". You need to design the module yourself and maybe ask AI for help with each specific individual endpoint.

These juniors you're complaining about are going to get better in making these requests of AI and blow right past all the seniors who yell at clouds running AI.

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1. ElatedOwl ◴[22 Aug 25 13:36 UTC] No.44984530[source]▶
This will get written off as victim blaming, but there’s some truth here.

I don’t use Claude code for everything. I’ve fallen off the bike enough times to know when I’ll be better off writing the changes myself. Even in these cases, though, I still plan with Claude, rubber duck, have it review, have it brainstorm ideas (“I need to do x, I’m thinking about doing it such and such way, can you brainstorm a few more options?”)