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Someone should try training a dog to code and see how it compares to chat bots

I use it to complete lines only and find it very useful for that tbh

100% of my ai coding experience: It writes pretty code code that isn't perfect. I have it fix it's mistakes, it works, and I don't know any better. 😂

Está bien que solo lo uses para ganar tiempo, como herramienta y no para que te haga todo el trabajo

Unlike mine: I can’t write anything much from scratch but I can learn and fix. That said it takes a fair bit of perseverance to get something working…

80% of my ai coding experience is it builds what I want and I never look at the code. granted most of what I use it for is advanced prototypes.

are you using claude code and the planning feature? what’s your workflow dawg

Yes

I think that’s par for the course. I’m glad you see the AI slop for what it is, instead of blindly accepting it. Even the AI will tell you that it is only a tool and not the solution.

Works much better if you give it small tasks and adjust AGENTS.md after each session so it knows what conventions to follow. Treat it like a coding pair and correct it as it goes. Good prompting and consistent conventions go a long way.

I'm a mechanical engineers. While I'm weak regarding frameworks, build systems, most languages, and lots of other related stuff, I know how to deligate, break up large tasks, etc. While I often find myself having to write my own business logic, I also find that things that, a few years ago, I would have skipped because they would have started with a slog of research and trying to get my head above water, and taken weeks or months to complete, can now start with a focused and thoughtful conversation, and then I learn as I go, finishing projects over days to weeks.

That sounds like a very high failure rate. My experience (for what it's worth) is that it's pretty damn good.