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Re:Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context by senko on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:36PM (#44880925)
> Just got out of a 15m huddle with someone trying to understand what they were doing in a PR before they admitted Claude generated everything and it worked but they weren't sure why...

But .. that's not the AI's fault. If people submit any PRs (including AI-generated or AI-assisted) without completely understanding them, I'd treat is as serious breach of professional conduct and (gently, for first-timers) stress that this is not acceptable.

As someone hitting the "Create PR" (or equivalent) button, you accept responsibility for the code in question. If you submit slop, it's 100% on you, not on any tool used.

Re:Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context by draxil on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:57PM (#44881149)
But it's pretty much a given at this point that if you use agents to code for any length of time it starts to atrophy your ability to understand what's going on. So, yeah. it's a bit of a devils chalice.
Re:Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context by whatever1 on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @04:39PM (#44881561)
If you have to review what the LLM wrote then there is no productivity gain.

Leadership asks for vibe coding

Re:Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context by WolfeReader on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @08:12PM (#44883276)
I've seen AI create incorrect solutions and deceptive variable names. Reviewing the code is absolutely necessary.
Re:Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context by senko on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @04:44PM (#44881610)
> If you have to review what the LLM wrote then there is no productivity gain.

I do not agree with that statement.

> Leadership asks for vibe coding

Leadership always asks for more, better, faster.

Re:Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context by mangamadaiyan on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @09:14PM (#44883629)
> Leadership always asks for more, better, faster.

More and faster, yes. Almost never better.

Re:Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context by swat535 on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @06:16PM (#44882414)
> If you have to review what the LLM wrote then there is no productivity gain.

You always have to review the code, whether it's written by another person, yourself or an AI.

I'm not sure how this translates into the loss of productivity?

Did you mean to say that the code AI generates is difficult to review? In those cases, it's the fault of the code author and not the AI.

Using AI like any other tool requires experience and skill.

Re:Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context by epolanski on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @08:47PM (#44883452)
> If you have to review what the LLM wrote then there is no productivity gain

Stating something with confidence does not make it automatically true.

Re:Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context by fooster on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @09:02PM (#44883563)
I suggest you upgrade your code review skill. I find it vastly quicker in most cases to review code than write it in the first place.
Re:Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context by whatever1 on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @09:21PM (#44883670)
Anyone can skim code and type “looks good to me”.