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6 hours a week is low, unless its the average spread across industries. I think I spend more time in Claude Code via the CLI versus any other app I have on my l
by rocketpastsix 4mo ago
6 hours a week is low, unless its the average spread across industries. I think I spend more time in Claude Code via the CLI versus any other app I have on my laptop.
Like others said, the frustration is when it gets something so wrong you just think "wow, how'd you mess that up?" but when it gets it right its kind of nice. I also dont like that I basically tell Claude what to do, and then either go to busy work or waste time on the internet.
- comboy 4mo agoI kind of enjoy exploring black boxes, trying how different inputs are mapping to differences in outputs. It's kind of like hacking. The problem is, they keep altering the box.
- marcosdumay 4mo agoThe box is stochastic by design, and has an untraceable amount of complexity between its context and output by nature. It may be fun to look at inputs and outputs, but it's not hackable and trying to map one into the other is more like astrology than a science.
- masfuerte 4mo agoIt's copromancy. Picking through the clanker's doings in an attempt to predict the future.
- utopiah 4mo agoThanks, you taught me a new word today! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatomancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatomancy
- marcosdumay 4mo agoIt feels like Greek mythology should have some metaphor for "apparently simple structure that is so complex it leads anybody that studies it into madness". But I can't think of any name to put there. Maybe the idea of complexity is too modern.
- utopiah 4mo agoNo but you see, I have a system! /s (I spent too long by the horse racing track)
- witx 4mo agoThat's just just a slot machine
- rconti 4mo agoThe third sentence got to what my objection was going to be. It's fun trying to make the thing do what you want it to do! That's why many of us like computers. It's the randomness that sucks and makes the process unsatisfying.
- luisgvv 4mo agoWelcome to the slot machines!
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- evilturnip 4mo agoWorking with AI is trying to reduce the probability it'll pick undesirable paths. It's an exercise in trying to avoid what you DON'T want. I suppose it's the same as asking someone else to take care of a feature and hoping they understand what you have in mind. The difference is that there's a lot of context that's shared between you and a human developer that is simply absent with AI.
- root_axis 4mo agoAn hour out of every work day doesn't seem low to me.
- Ekaros 4mo agoI wonder how many hours of old stye non-overhead that is. And by overhead I mean mostly meetings. Then again maybe generating paperwork is included so that eats bit into it.