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ex-aws-dudetoday at 12:17 AM4 repliesview on HN

The thing is the code quality is still ultimately up to you

Nothing stopping you from iterating with the agent till the code is the exact same quality that you yourself would write


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kelnostoday at 1:09 AM

IME, it's faster and less frustrating to just write the code myself, if the goal is to get code to my quality standards.

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bigstrat2003today at 1:58 AM

Nothing is stopping you... but that's slower than just writing it yourself to begin with. AI productivity gains are a myth.

gerdesjtoday at 12:28 AM

"... iterating with the agent till the code is the exact same quality that you yourself would write"

I don't want my code quality, I want AGI code quality - that's what I was promised and jetpacks and flying cars too!

cyanydeeztoday at 12:19 AM

Sure, but then it's not really saving you time is it.

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