alt Hacker NewsI think it makes the annoying part less annoying?
Also re: "I spent longer arguing with the agent and recovering the file than I would have spent writing the test myself."
In my humble experience arguing with an LLM is a waste of time, and no-one should be spending time recovering files. Just do small changes one at a time, commit when you get something working, and discard your changes and try again if it doesn't.
I don't think AI is a panacea, it's just knowing when it's the right tool for the job and when it isn't.
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I don’t think it’s “just” that easy. AI can be great at generating unit tests but it can and will also frequently silently hack said tests to make them pass rather than using them as good indicators of what the program is supposed to be doing.
Once you start arguing, it's time to start a new prompt with new instructions
But he started it …
Anyone not using version control or a IDE that will keep previous versions for a easy jump back is just being silly. If you're going to play with a kid who has a gun, wear your plates.