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Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it by lelanthran on Sunday April 26, 2026 @06:57PM (#47915682)
Didnt work for the prod data that the AI nukes in spite of prompts saying "DON'T FUCKING GUESS", just like that in all caps: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47911524

What makes you think it will work for you?

Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it by lukan on Sunday April 26, 2026 @07:45PM (#47916079)
That I don't let agents run wild in a production environment?
Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it by ubertaco on Sunday April 26, 2026 @11:10PM (#47917317)
You let them write code that runs in prod, which is the same thing with extra steps.

Unless you review that code carefully, and then we're back to the point about it not saving you any cognitive overhead.

Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it by lukan on Monday April 27, 2026 @04:47AM (#47919179)
Of course it saves me overhead by not having to read all the necessary docs etc myself and just check the resulting code and not having to type all myself.
Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it by lelanthran on Monday April 27, 2026 @11:36AM (#47923016)
> Of course it saves me overhead by not having to read all the necessary docs etc myself and just check the resulting code and not having to type all myself.

That link I posted upthread, the "developer" did not read the docs "because the LLM wrote the code" and hence did not realise that the token they had was a full access token, not a limited access token.

You're now boasting that you also don't have to read the docs because the LLM wrote the code?

I mean, it's literally the cause of their irreversible production deletion, in a link that you replied to, and you state you do the same?

Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it by lukan on Monday April 27, 2026 @01:32PM (#47924622)
It depends on the project. Anything high stake, I verify myself. But also with simple things it is still way faster having a agent dig through it, quote me relevant sections and me evaluating if it is sound, or not.
Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it by enraged_camel on Monday April 27, 2026 @07:18AM (#47920139)
>> You let them write code that runs in prod, which is the same thing with extra steps.

The “with extra steps” is doing a lot of work in that sentence.