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The rise of async AI programming

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123 points mooreds | 1 comments | 11 Sep 25 12:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.236s | source
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gabrieledarrigo ◴[11 Sep 25 22:25 UTC] No.45216732[source]▶
> My workflow has changed since adopting async programming. I now work on four or five tasks simultaneously: one complex problem synchronously and three or four in the background.

Someone, please, try to convince me why this is a positive thing.

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1. Sparkle-san ◴[11 Sep 25 22:31 UTC] No.45216781[source]▶
Perhaps the background tasks are ones with obvious solutions? I use Claude code to write boilerplate terraform for me as I know what it should look like and I often don't want to write it myself as it is not novel or exciting. I could see the argument that I batch a couple of these out to AI, focus on something more complicated, and then come back later to essentially code review them or make necessary adjustments.