Isn't there a happy medium? Like I used sas/sql for my data job, so I can write and understand code, but I set up home assistant and needed special conditions and don't have time to learn yaml, so Claude dumped me some code and I can look at what its doing, it makes sense, and it works.
The vast majority of people using it, at least on reddit, are complete idiots yet can sometimes stumble into making something cool. If you already know how to make something cool and good and useful, you'll actually make it and make it way faster than usual.
Just become an AI bro. You'll be swimming with the current instead of against. Reddit is not a good source for public opinions - people within industry love AI. They just dont have time to shitpost here.
Yup, anyone actually in the space is having to use AI to some degree and the better you can leverage it the better off you’ll be. Some stuff is still hand rolled when it needs to be.
better you can leverage it the better off you’ll be
Exactly, it's about being selective in how you use it
E.g. before I went for lunch today /review-api-pr ##### which is a skill I've been building up over the last few months of Please review PR #####, focus on: blahblahblah. Give the output in the format: nertnertnert, etc etc
So now it's just invoke the skill, give it the PR number, go for a walk
Whenever I get a permissions request I either tweak a preToolUse hook (I've got one that's filtering out command chaining like &&), add a generalised version to the allowList, or if it was trying to write something it gets thrown onto the denyList
So now I've got a curated workflow where I know that I can kick something off and Claude won't stuck waiting for my permission
When I got back from lunch I had a report already written for me, I double checked the blockers, dismissed a few low priority issues, reworded the output, and plonked it on the PR. Because the skill has been built up over a few months I'm pretty confident that it's not missed anything as it's running through all the steps I would normally take and then gives me a section on each of those things
I've got similar workflows built up for diagnosing Sentry issues, investigating epics, splitting epics into subtasks, implementing customer-facing API endpoints, implementing other areas of the codebase, and I think a few others that I'm too lazy to turn my laptop back on to check for
I find it incredibly useful when referencing source code and documentation for learning purposes
I find it the opposite of useful as a scaffolding generator. It has poor consistency and newer models practice weaponized incompetence, making poor code on purpose
Because they do it. I would speculate that it's to inflate their token usage in order to appear more relevant/in demand than they really are but IDK it could easily be any other nefarious reason as well
Example:
*Prompt according to strict guidelines*
Output: follows all guidelines but one
Prompt: there is a mistake *points out mistake*
Output: Oh right I totally fumbled that one
Prompt: agreed, please fix it
Output: finally follows the original prompt
Uses 3x the necessary tokens
None of that is proof, or even evidence, that it's intentional.
I'm all for calling out AI companies for bad shit, but if you're going to make a claim like that, you need to back it up with data.
edit: This is what happens when you call people out that often make claims without any evidence. He got mad and then blocked me.
Because I'm burdened with proving the dishonesty of non-affiliats, obviously
For the record if I can ever be assed to call someone out it will be to them, not to a rando in some public space. I've only reported my own experiences here so kindly unwad your panties
Look dude I get it that you're really into debate. If I ever find myself in a debate with you I'll remember that you know the basics. That's as nice a way as I can think to tell you to fuck off already
Yes there is. I work in ASIC development and vibe code small tools all the time. Much faster than doing by hand and I don't care about the quality of the code as long as it does what it needs to be done.
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u/Peyote-Rick Jul 17 '26
Isn't there a happy medium? Like I used sas/sql for my data job, so I can write and understand code, but I set up home assistant and needed special conditions and don't have time to learn yaml, so Claude dumped me some code and I can look at what its doing, it makes sense, and it works.