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Software, and it’s wildly positive. Takes like this are utterly insane to me

• Silamoth 1y ago
  It’s had an impact on software for sure. Now I have to fix my coworker’s AI slop code all the time. I guess it could be a positive for my job security. But acting like “AI” has had a wildly positive impact on software seems, at best, a simplification and, at worst, the opposite of reality.
  • mountainriver 1y ago
    oh heavens, do you not review code?
• sponnath 1y ago
  Wouldn't say it's transformative.
  • mrieck 1y ago
    My workflow is transformed. If yours isn’t you’re missing out. Days that I’d normally feel overwhelmed from requests by management are just Claude Code and chill days now.
    • sponnath 1y ago
      I've tried to make AI work but a lot of times the overall productivity gains I do get are so negligible that I wouldn't say it's been transformative for me. I think the fact that so many of us here on HN have such different experiences with AI goes to show that it is indeed not as transformative as we think it is (for the field at least). I'm not trying to invalidate your experience.
    • jimbo808 1y ago
      If you're being honest, I bet your codebase is going to shit and your skills are in rapid decline. I bet you have a ton of redundant code, broken patterns, shit tests, and your coworkers are noticing the slop and getting tired of fixing it. Eventually, your code be such shit that Claude Code will struggle to even do basic CRUD because there are four redundant functions and it keeps editing the wrong ones. Your colleagues will go to edit your code, only to realize that it's such utter garbage that they have to rewrite the whole thing because that's easier than trying to make sense of the slop you produced under your own name. If you were feeling overwhelmed by management, and Claude Code is alleviating that, I fear you aren't cut out for the work.