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Re:Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? by irlnanny on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @07:23PM (#46699624)
GP has provided an anecdote with no supporting evidence, nor any code examples. So it is as fair to assume the story is a fabrication as much as it is to assume it has any truth to it
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? by garciasn on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @08:24PM (#46700058)
Yes! You should absolutely always assume a random stranger on HN is outright lying about a trivial anecdote to farm meaningless karma.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? by fn-mote on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @08:57PM (#46700264)
Or instigating conflict?
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? by SatvikBeri on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @09:13PM (#46700359)
What...what conflict do you think I'm instigating, exactly? Whether the command line is a better interface than Excel?
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? by SatvikBeri on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @08:29PM (#46700085)
I am really shocked at the response this trivial anecdote has gotten.

I could state it much more generically: we had an annoying Excel sheet that took ~10 minutes a week, I vibe coded a command line tool that brought it down to ~1 minute a week. I don't think this is unusual or hard to believe in any way.

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