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> “I disabled the test so it’s not run so now all the tests pass” Also: "I implemented it this terrible way because of precedence in the codebase...that I jus

by nomel 4mo ago

> “I disabled the test so it’s not run so now all the tests pass” Also: "I implemented it this terrible way because of precedence in the codebase...that I just wrote" "I avoided implementing this correctly because of migration concern for existing installations of this code I'm writing right now" "I deferred this critical feature for the future, so we can deploy quicker" or, my favorite, "I hand rolled an buggy http server because you said the tool should be self contained"

bot403 4mo ago
Or bizarrely Claude askes about code churn like it matters. Human, Do you want me to do it the right way? It will cause code churn in 90 files. Or I can take a shortcut and edit 3 files in a terrible way. Edits 90 files for 12 lines each in 25 seconds...
- tobyhinloopen 4mo ago
  “This is a significant rewrite that will take weeks” Done after my potty break
verall 4mo ago
> "I avoided implementing this correctly because of migration concern for existing installations of this code I'm writing right now" This one grinds my gears so bad, probably 1/4 of my job at this point is telling an LLM (either in my own editor or in review comments for someone's MR) "how about we do this right _before_ merging it, eh?". Or: foo = abc <Maybe 4-10 lines of code> if foo != None: ... In my experience giving it "rules" not to do this does nothing, but a separate pass (could be by a different model but really just fresh context is enough) does okay
- nomel 4mo ago
  All the global memories I have stored are basically just this. Memories appear to be completely useless on their own, but, before a merger or a plan is finalized, having it go read them will definitely help course correct. I really wish there was an "every x tokens" type trigger for every agent, where I could have it fire off a "Pause, go read the guide to make sure you're adhering fully." To help keep concepts fresh in context.

by nomel 4mo ago

bot403 4mo ago

Or bizarrely Claude askes about code churn like it matters. Human, Do you want me to do it the right way? It will cause code churn in 90 files. Or I can take a shortcut and edit 3 files in a terrible way. Edits 90 files for 12 lines each in 25 seconds...

tobyhinloopen 4mo ago
“This is a significant rewrite that will take weeks” Done after my potty break

verall 4mo ago

> "I avoided implementing this correctly because of migration concern for existing installations of this code I'm writing right now" This one grinds my gears so bad, probably 1/4 of my job at this point is telling an LLM (either in my own editor or in review comments for someone's MR) "how about we do this right _before_ merging it, eh?". Or: foo = abc <Maybe 4-10 lines of code> if foo != None: ... In my experience giving it "rules" not to do this does nothing, but a separate pass (could be by a different model but really just fresh context is enough) does okay

nomel 4mo ago
All the global memories I have stored are basically just this. Memories appear to be completely useless on their own, but, before a merger or a plan is finalized, having it go read them will definitely help course correct. I really wish there was an "every x tokens" type trigger for every agent, where I could have it fire off a "Pause, go read the guide to make sure you're adhering fully." To help keep concepts fresh in context.