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Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by pram on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @01:49PM (#43987331)
lmao this is exactly the kind of stuff I always see from Claude. It’s like adding a Skip() to a test and declaring it works now. “Well it’s a lot faster, I met the criteria of my TODOs cya”

I’ve seen it so much I kinda doubt it was “inadvertent” because they’re like seemingly intentional about their laziness, and will gaslight you about it too.

Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by sroussey on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:15PM (#43987585)
Same thing for TypeScript type errors… “AI added as any and the problem is fixed”!
Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by misnome on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:03PM (#43987465)
“I am a vibe coder, it is your job to check the results”
Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by james_marks on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @05:31PM (#43989441)
So annoying. Also, when it hardcodes the expected response in a mock, bypassing the purpose entirely. “Test passes now!”

Funny, 5 years ago we had these same complaints, but about (some) people.

Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by AtlasBarfed on Thursday May 15, 2025 @06:49AM (#43993663)
Well you forgot to fully qualify your linguistic basis and semantic interpretation of the text of your wish to the great genie bottle.