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kristianc • today at 5:58 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

This age will be brilliant for sorting between those who care about "done" as in "technically complete" vs "done" as "creates enduring value for the person on the other end of it". AI largely only does the former.


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vjvjvjvjghv • today at 6:40 PM

Using AI is really not different from hiring a bunch of people to do your project. You can tell them to do the minimum it takes to make it work or you can tell them or do it according to a long term vision you have and set high standards.

I agree that with AI it's very tempting to throw together a bunch of code without any thought of the longer term. But a lot of people are acting as if all programmers are artisans that produce well written code following the highest standards. That is just not true.

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skybrian • today at 6:09 PM

Based on my experience using AI to build software for myself, I think this mostly depends on what you ask for, not whether you use AI to implement it.

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