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378 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 07:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source

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RyanOD ◴[22 Aug 25 13:31 UTC] No.44984466[source]▶

For me, AI is just a tool. I'm not a high-level developer, but when I'm coding out a personal project and I'm stuck. I present my ideas to AI and ask it for feedback. Then, I take that feedback and move forward. What I do NOT do is ask AI to write code for me. Again, these are my own projects so I can develop them any way I like.

Having AI write code for me (other than maybe simple boilerplate stuff) goes entirely against why I write code in the first place which is the joy of problem solving, building things, and learning.

Edit: Typo

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busssard ◴[22 Aug 25 14:11 UTC] No.44984926[source]▶

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for my last project i could not have finished it without AI doing coding. it set up the entire repo for me, it wrote bad code and the PoC worked. I dont have experience in Django JS or webdev. now i have a working thing that i can slowly go through, improve and understand.

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1. RyanOD ◴[22 Aug 25 15:06 UTC] No.44985534[source]▶

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That's one way. The approach I take is more of a "Hey, AI, here is what I'm trying to accomplish and here is the approach I plan to take. What do you think of this approach? Does it support my broader goals? Etc."

But, much of what I spend my time on are already solved problems (building retro video game clones) so AI has a LOT of high-quality content to draw upon. I'm not trying to create new, original products.

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