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Okay so you have no names of experienced developers saying that coding agents are now useful when they weren't before. The only two you have actually saying tha
by iLoveOncall 3mo ago
Okay so you have no names of experienced developers saying that coding agents are now useful when they weren't before. The only two you have actually saying that are... not working as software engineers.
- simonw 3mo agoI don't think you are arguing in good faith here. Max Woolf and DHH are clearly experienced developers who continue to write code for money. Linus too - 11 commits to the kernel today! https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits?author=torvalds https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits?author=torvalds Plus this very thread is full of experienced developers who are saying that "coding agents are now useful when they weren't before": - ACS_Solver: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570#49057367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570#49057367 - suzzer99: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570#49060743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570#49060743 - IshKebab: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570#49056074 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570#49056074 - smrtinsert: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570#49055294 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570#49055294 - qarl2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570#49053318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570#49053318 A few bonuses: Mitchell Hashimoto: https://mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-adoption-journey https://mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-adoption-journey > While I was still a heavy AI skeptic [... through to ...] At this point I was firmly in the "no way I can go back" territory. Steve Klabnik: https://steveklabnik.com/writing/getting-started-with-claude-for-software-development/ https://steveklabnik.com/writing/getting-started-with-claude... > 2025 was an interesting year in many ways. One way in which it was interesting for me is that I went from an AI hater to a pretty big user. Nolan Lawson: https://nolanlawson.com/2026/01/24/ai-tribalism/ https://nolanlawson.com/2026/01/24/ai-tribalism/ > 2025 was a weird year for me. If you had asked me exactly a year ago, I would have said I thought LLMs were amusing toys but inappropriate for real software development. [...] Today, I would say that about 90% of my code is authored by Claude Code.
- iLoveOncall 3mo ago> I don't think you are arguing in good faith here. Funny coming from a guy using Linus saying "There's no doubt AI is useful today" and interpreting that as "Yeah last year AI coding agents were garbage but now they're really useful". There's no denying AI is useful. I use AI, my project at work is all about using LLMs. They're even useful for coding, when I don't give a fuck about the quality of the output (which is almost never in a work scenario). But to claim that there has been some magical shift late last year is simply laughable. Anyone working as a software engineer and claims that is either lying to themselves or simply bad. Oh and don't try with the "you're not prompting it right".
- simonw 3mo agoOK, you won't except Linus. How about DHH, Max, Nolan, Steve, Mitchell, and those five HN commenters? Or to strengthen the case for Linus, here he is on June 16th 2926 saying: https://youtu.be/YKkEe-PxW10?t=1687 https://youtu.be/YKkEe-PxW10?t=1687 > we certainly saw more junk being generated by LLMs than we saw useful code up until the like early this year
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- wolvesechoes 3mo ago> How about DHH, Max, Nolan, Steve, Mitchell Oh yes, dev celebs that rely on constant validation through social media. Very reliable source of data.
- simonw 3mo agoOK, now do ACS_Solver, suzzer99, IshKebab, smrtinsert, and qarl2.
- simianwords 3mo agoWhat about Uncle Bob of clean code? This is a bit embarrassing for you.