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Re:The Codex app is cool, and it illustrates the shift left ... by RA_Fisher on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @04:57PM (#46892393)
Claude, Codex and Gemini can read code much faster than we can. I still read snippets, but mostly I have them read the code.
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Re:The Codex app is cool, and it illustrates the shift left ... by GalaxyNova on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @05:11PM (#46892566)
Unfortunately they're still too superficial. 9 times out of 10 they don't have enough context to properly implement something and end up just tacking it on in some random place with no regard for the bigger architecture. Even if you do tell it something in an AGENT.md file or something, it often just doesn't follow it.
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Re:The Codex app is cool, and it illustrates the shift left ... by RA_Fisher on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @06:16PM (#46893303)
I use them to probabilistically program. They’re better than me and I’ve been at it for 16 years now. So I wouldn’t say they’re superficial at all.

What have you tried to use them for?

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