AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse

Re:AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse by Terr_ on Thursday January 08, 2026 @06:51PM (#46548205)

But there is still a hugely important asymmetry: If the tool turns your office into gods of software, they should be able to prove it with godly results by now.

If I tell you AmbrosiaLLM doesn't turn me into a programming god... Well, current results are already consistent with that, so It's not clear what else I could easily provide.

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Re:AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse by colechristensen on Thursday January 08, 2026 @07:11PM (#46548380)

This is a bit of goalpost moving though because the primary experience is skeptics saying AI couldn't be trusted to design a ham sandwich vs enthusiasts who've make five course meals with AI. (or, you know, the programming equivalent)

Absolutely there's a lot of unfounded speculation going around and a lot of aggressive skepticism of it, and both sides there are generally a little too excited about their position.

But that is fundamentally not what I'm talking about.

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