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smcleodyesterday at 7:25 PM6 repliesview on HN

I suspect you do not know how to use AI for writing code. No offence intended - it is a journey for everyone.

You have to be setup with the right agentic coding tool, agent rules, agent tools (MCP servers), dynamic context acquisition and workflow (working with the agent operate from a plan rather than simple prompting and hoping for the best).

But if you're lazy, don't put the effort in to understand what you're working with and how to approach it with an engineering mindset - you'll be be left on the outside complaining and telling people how it's all hype.


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the_overseeryesterday at 7:44 PM

Always the same answer. It's the user not the AI being blown out of proportion. Tell me, where are all those great amazin applications that were coded 95-100% by AI? Where is the great progress the great new algorithms the great new innovations hiding?

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bopbopbop7yesterday at 7:57 PM

How many agents, tools, MCP & ACP servers, claude hooks, and workflows do I need to set up before English becomes a good programming language?

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brobdingnagiansyesterday at 7:40 PM

Do you know of any YouTube videos where you would say they do a very good job of showing off this style of coding?

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samdoesnothingyesterday at 7:53 PM

Post a repo

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