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freeone3000 • yesterday at 10:56 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

If it could do anything that a junior dev could, that’d be a valid point of comparison. But it continually, wildly performs slower and falls short every time I’ve tried.

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rahimnathwani • yesterday at 11:10 PM

  But it continually, wildly performs slower and falls short every time I’ve tried.
If it falls short every time you've tried, it's likely that one or more of these is true:

A. You're working on some really deep thing that only world-class expects can do, like optimizing graphics engines for AAA games.

B. You're using a language that isn't in the top ~10 most popular in AI models' training sets.

C. You have an opportunity to improve your ability to use the tools effectively.

How many hours have you spent using Claude Code?

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andkenneth • yesterday at 11:40 PM

Companies are not comparing it straight to juniors. They're more making a comparison between a Senior with the assistance of one more more juniors, vs a Senior with the assistance of AI Agents.

I feel like comparison just to a junior developer is also becoming a fairly outdated comparison. Yes, it is worse in some ways, but also VASTLY superior in others.

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buzzerbetrayed • yesterday at 11:50 PM

I am way more productive with $200/month of AI than I would be with $5,000/month of junior developer. And it isn’t close.

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