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Crazy how well that’s been working

catigula 1y ago
The technology isn't there yet. All signs point to it rapidly progressing towards this inflection. Current agents are insanely good, every decent programmer using them knows this.
- ActionHank 1y ago
  > The technology isn't there yet. Yes > All signs point to it rapidly progressing towards this inflection. Not really > Current agents are insanely good, every decent programmer using them knows this. Also not really If you find them "insanely good" you were likely doing work that was already very repetitive or broadly implemented by others. They have their uses, but it isn't as pervasive as people believe.
  - catigula 1y ago
    Tell me you haven't extensively used Claude Code or Codex GPT-5 without telling me.
    - ActionHank 1y ago
      Used both, they're great for boilerplate. Anything more they breakdown.
      - catigula 1y ago
        Okay well I and many other experienced engineers disagree so the only remaining conclusion is that you're misusing the technology.
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        dinkumthinkum 1y ago
        Argumentum ad populum. What kind of experience to those engineers? That matters. Another possible conclusion is that the parent was talking about use cases that are not simple web apps or marketing pages but real issues in large software.
        ActionHank 1y ago
        Yes, exactly this. Most of my day job is not about bashing out nextjs websites. In fact if I did that one day a year it would be a lot.
        catigula 1y ago
        You could assign me a task from your job and I could trivially complete it using agents. However, I will charge consulting rates.
        ActionHank 1y ago
        This degree of ignorance is why we don't let consultants near the actually important stuff.
        catigula 1y ago
        Again you're taking your own circumstance or even patent inability and extending that to the entire technology. You've set yourself up such that all I need to do is go "I'm developing complex veterinary software including integrations with laboratory equipment" and you're completely falsified. Why expose yourself like this instead of being intellectually humble?
        ActionHank 1y ago
        You're the one who has extended their limited experience to all of software engineering. The only reason that anyone has engaged with you here is because you're being intellectually arrogant.
      - handfuloflight 1y ago
        What breaks down is developer patience faced with a new paradigm.

The technology isn't there yet. All signs point to it rapidly progressing towards this inflection. Current agents are insanely good, every decent programmer using them knows this.

ActionHank 1y ago
> The technology isn't there yet. Yes > All signs point to it rapidly progressing towards this inflection. Not really > Current agents are insanely good, every decent programmer using them knows this. Also not really If you find them "insanely good" you were likely doing work that was already very repetitive or broadly implemented by others. They have their uses, but it isn't as pervasive as people believe.
- catigula 1y ago
  Tell me you haven't extensively used Claude Code or Codex GPT-5 without telling me.
  - ActionHank 1y ago
    Used both, they're great for boilerplate. Anything more they breakdown.
    - catigula 1y ago
      Okay well I and many other experienced engineers disagree so the only remaining conclusion is that you're misusing the technology.
      - deleted 1y ago
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      - dinkumthinkum 1y ago
        Argumentum ad populum. What kind of experience to those engineers? That matters. Another possible conclusion is that the parent was talking about use cases that are not simple web apps or marketing pages but real issues in large software.
        ActionHank 1y ago
        Yes, exactly this. Most of my day job is not about bashing out nextjs websites. In fact if I did that one day a year it would be a lot.
        catigula 1y ago
        You could assign me a task from your job and I could trivially complete it using agents. However, I will charge consulting rates.
        ActionHank 1y ago
        This degree of ignorance is why we don't let consultants near the actually important stuff.
        catigula 1y ago
        Again you're taking your own circumstance or even patent inability and extending that to the entire technology. You've set yourself up such that all I need to do is go "I'm developing complex veterinary software including integrations with laboratory equipment" and you're completely falsified. Why expose yourself like this instead of being intellectually humble?
        ActionHank 1y ago
        You're the one who has extended their limited experience to all of software engineering. The only reason that anyone has engaged with you here is because you're being intellectually arrogant.
    - handfuloflight 1y ago
      What breaks down is developer patience faced with a new paradigm.