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jerkstatetoday at 1:40 PM1 replyview on HN

There's a big difference between "I tried it and it produced crap" and "it will replace developers entirely any day now"

People who use this stuff everyday know that people who are still saying "I tried it and it produced crap" just don't know how to use it correctly. Those developers WILL get replaced - by ones who know how to use the tool.


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fc417fc802today at 4:12 PM

> Those developers WILL get replaced - by ones who know how to use the tool.

Now _that_ I would believe. But note how different "those who fail to adapt to this new tool will be replaced" is from "the vast majority will be replaced by this tool itself".

If someone had said that six (give or take) months ago I would have dismissed it as hype. But there have been at least a few decently well documented AI assisted projects done by veteran developers that have made the front page recently. Importantly they've shown clear and undeniable results as opposed to handwaving and empty aspirations. They've also been up front about the shortcomings of the new tool.