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AI writes about 90% of my code.
by johnfn 11mo ago
AI writes about 90% of my code.
- smcleod 11mo agoProbably about 95% of mine now. Much better than I could for the most part.
- bopbopbop7 11mo agoWeird, AI writes terrible code for me that would never pass a code review. I guess people have different standards for good code.
- sinatra 11mo agoHah. It can’t be “I need to spend more time to figure out how to use these tools better.” It is always “I’m just smarter than other people and have a higher standard.”
- smcleod 11mo agoSpot on.
- wry_discontent 11mo agoThe tools produce mediocre, usually working in the most technical sense of the word, and most developers are pretty shit at writing code that doesn't suck (myself included). I think it's safe to say that people singularly focused on the business value of software are going to produce acceptable slop with AI.
- samdoesnothing 11mo agoShow us your repos.
- smcleod 11mo agohttps://github.com/sammcj/mcp-devtools https://github.com/sammcj/mcp-devtools
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- johnfn 11mo agoMy stack is React/Express/Drizzle/Postgres/Node/Tailwind. It's built on Hetzner/AWS, which I terraformed with AI. It's a private repo, and I won't make it open source just to prove it was written with AI, but I'd be happy to share the prompts. You can also visit the site, if you'd like: https://chipscompo.com/ https://chipscompo.com/
- smcleod 11mo agoI suspect you do not know how to use AI for writing code. No offence intended - it is a journey for everyone. You have to be setup with the right agentic coding tool, agent rules, agent tools (MCP servers), dynamic context acquisition and workflow (working with the agent operate from a plan rather than simple prompting and hoping for the best). But if you're lazy, don't put the effort in to understand what you're working with and how to approach it with an engineering mindset - you'll be be left on the outside complaining and telling people how it's all hype.
- brobdingnagians 11mo agoDo you know of any YouTube videos where you would say they do a very good job of showing off this style of coding?
- simonw 11mo agoI made this one recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy4ci7AoF9Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy4ci7AoF9Y - notes here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/6/upgrading-datasette-plugins/ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/6/upgrading-datasette-plu... My best writing on this topic is still this though (which doesn't include a video): https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11/using-llms-for-code/ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11/using-llms-for-code/
- smj-edison 11mo agoThanks for this! I've been looking for a good guide to an LLM based workflow, but the modern style of YouTube coding videos really grates on me. I think I might even like this :D
- smcleod 11mo agoAlways enjoy reading your blog Simon!
- brobdingnagians 11mo agoThank you
- sulam 11mo agoOr maybe he's working in a space that is less out of distribution than the work you're doing?
- bopbopbop7 11mo agoYou’re right, I’m not making a nextjs/shadcn/clerk/vercel ai wrapper startup.
- smcleod 11mo agoI don't remember saying I worked with nextjs, shadcn, clerk (I don't even know what that one is), vercel or even JS/TS so I'm not sure how you can be right but I should know better than to feed the trolls.
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- pjmlp 11mo agoOnly 10% to go for a full replacement.
- WesleyJohnson 11mo agoWhat languages and frameworks? What is the domain space you're operating in? I use Cursor to help with some tasks, but mainly only use the autocomplete. It's great; no complaints. I just don't ever see being able to turn over anywhere close to 90% with the stuff we work on.
- johnfn 11mo agoMy stack is React/Express/Drizzle/Postgres/Node/Tailwind. It's built on Hetzner/AWS, which I terraformed with AI. You can see my site here, if you'd like: https://chipscompo.com/ https://chipscompo.com/