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> I can think of the tedious task of finding certain functionality within a codebase. I usually can't beat an AI agent harness at this task today. Yup, I remem
by donquichotte 3mo ago
> I can think of the tedious task of finding certain functionality within a codebase. I usually can't beat an AI agent harness at this task today.
Yup, I remember "racing" the AIs to figure things out in codebases just a year ago. Today, I have no chance. Whether it is due to degraded reasoning capabilities on my part or better models, I don't know.
- abustamam 3mo agoAt least in my case, much of the code in the codebase I'm working on is AI generated so even if I have an accurate mental model of how everything works, I have no idea where any of it is located or named.
- rasengan 3mo agoTo be fair, whenever I join a pre-existing code-base [1], it's the same. I have no idea and have to map it out ;) [1] Not AI codebases (and of course, AI code bases I guess)
- markrages 3mo agoI can't be the only one whose memory is so bad that I am like this in my own code base.
- seekup 3mo agoI seem to remember - but cannot find, even with an AI boost - someone's "law of computing" or somesuch describing the amount of time that has to pass before code you wrote is indistinguishable to you from code written by someone else. At any rate the interval is not so long.
- pipes 3mo agoYou are not. :) my memory is disturbingly fried.
- anon7725 3mo agoIn your own codebase you can at least run a "you simulator" to arrive at the answer fairly reliably. "Where would I have put this bit? Oh yes, of course ..."
- kalstone 3mo agoAI is always going to be able to write a grep statement faster and more accurately than a human
- block_dagger 3mo agoWhen AI is ready, it won’t need to grep at all. That is, it will train on the data in-situ instead.
- DonHopkins 3mo agoNow start thinking, if possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43QHhEfzz-Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43QHhEfzz-Q