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Re: by mattmaroon on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @07:52AM (#46615453)
Yes, in both cases it takes someone to steer. It’s not a complete solution. Someone who can’t drive can’t just ride a Tesla around town and someone who can’t program can’t vibe code anything complex.

But if it can do 90% of the work for you, it is a serious force magnifier.

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Re: by Bridged7756 on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @10:10AM (#46616909)
You didn't mention it was rewriting the codebase from scratch. That's the consensus, that AI is only good at scaffolding.

Oh it can't do 90% of the work for you. It CAN type 90% of the work for you, but someone still has to read the code and know what the best course of action is, supposedly...... I suppose some people never learned to use their IDEs or to touch type so as to find LLMs such a crazy productivity boost.

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Re: by Dylan16807 on Thursday January 15, 2026 @04:29AM (#46630202)
> But if it can do 90% of the work for you, it is a serious force magnifier.

Well, we could characterize a Tesla as doing 90% of the work but it's not at all a force multiplier. Your "10%" supervisory contribution takes just as long as doing 100%.

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