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270 points vinhnx | 3 comments | 30 Aug 25 12:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.021s | source
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mg ◴[30 Aug 25 14:02 UTC] No.45074786[source]▶
I'm fine with treating AI like a human developer:

I ask AI to write a feature (or fix a bug, or do a refactoring) and then I read the commit. If the commit is not to my liking, I "git reset --hard", improve my prompt and ask the AI to do the task again.

I call this "prompt coding":

https://www.gibney.org/prompt_coding

This way, there is no interaction between my coding environment and the AI at all. Just like working with a human developer does not involve them doing anything in my editor.

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Disposal8433 ◴[30 Aug 25 14:16 UTC] No.45074878[source]▶
> Nowadays, it is better to write prompts

Very big doubt. AI can help for a few very specific tasks, but the hallucinations still happen, and making things up (especially APIs) is unacceptable.

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salomonk_mur ◴[30 Aug 25 14:43 UTC] No.45075081[source]▶
Hard disagree. LLMs are now incredibly good for any coding task (with popular languages).
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quotemstr ◴[30 Aug 25 16:28 UTC] No.45075893{3}[source]▶
What's your explanation for why others report difficulty getting coding agents to produce their desired results?

And don't respond with a childish "skill issue lol" like it's Twitter. What specific skill do you think people are lacking?

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1. Eisenstein ◴[30 Aug 25 21:21 UTC] No.45078123{4}[source]▶
Thought experiment: you can ride a bike. You can see other people ride bikes. Some portion of people get on a bike and fall off, then claim that bikes are not useful for transportation. Specify what skill they are lacking without saying 'ability to ride a bike'.
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2. quotemstr ◴[30 Aug 25 21:44 UTC] No.45078257[source]▶
For a bike? Balance, fine motor control, proprioception, or even motivation. You can always break it down.
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3. Eisenstein ◴[31 Aug 25 02:36 UTC] No.45079852[source]▶
Knowing those things won't help them acquire the skill. What will help them be able to ride a bike is practicing trying to riding a bike until they can do it.