As a developer I now use AI all day so I don't get fired. AMA
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also my job didn't "mandate" AI. I was a hold out. Every co-worker that adopted claude was getting more done, able to jump in to code they understood less and execute. It was clear they were being more effective then I was. I could have let myself fall behind but didn't see a path to finding a new job without this same problem.
@stefan do you have an urge to work on projects without LLMs outside of work?
@annika yes. I have started a bunch of projects that I previously didn't feel like I had the mental energy to start.
I launched 2 browser plugins with LLM generation to build them. I like building the tools, I probably understand the code less well. I don't know how to feel about it tbh. feels bad to feel good about something that might have broader bad impacts.
@stefan has it made you more or less skeptical of projects which are heavily developed with LLMs?
@annika hmm. Before I would be very skeptical.
Now I think good projects can become even better but also there are now way more bad projects out there with the lower bar of entry. It can be hard to know is a project is bad or good.
@evan parts are fun parts are not. I feel less connected to the code and more connected to the final UI/API of using the code. I worry being less connected to the code is bad as it's maybe an important part of the job. atm unclear.
Is your AI agent creating duplicate code?
@reiver probably 10% of the time. Asking it to review it's changes or to better tell it what libraries exist and where often fixes it all. For anything I might miss I probably would miss if I did it by hand TBH.
@stefan has the AI tried to kill you yet
@micrackbiron no. seems to focus on editing text files.
lets see how fast I regret saying AMA
