What happens when coding agents stop feeling like dialup?

Re:What happens when coding agents stop feeling like dialup? by kgdiem on Monday September 22, 2025 @09:33PM (#45341835)

I generated a script today to diff 2 CSVs into a Venn diagram, ran it twice, then deleted the code.

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Re:What happens when coding agents stop feeling like dialup? by makapuf on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @02:33AM (#45343505)

The LLM itself could do have donne it, maybe you didn't need the code at all

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Re:What happens when coding agents stop feeling like dialup? by theshrike79 on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:52AM (#45344047)

It's a language model, not a compiler. Which is what people get wrong.

Ask one to count the 'r's in "strawberry" and it may or may not get it right.

Ask it to create a program to do it, it'll get it right instantly and it'll work.

When we get to a point where "AI" can write a program like that in the background, run it and use its result as a tool, we'll get the next big leap in efficiency.

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Re:What happens when coding agents stop feeling like dialup? by lupusreal on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @09:37AM (#45346867)

I think the future of computing is ephemeral code like this, created rapidly on demand, then done when the immediate task is done.

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