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Re:Googlebook by fireant on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @11:41PM (#48117520)
With AI dependence, unless you are a holdout, offline development isn't really a thing anymore. Perhaps to do some code reviews, but actually producing new code?
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Re:Googlebook by adastra22 on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @01:45AM (#48118300)
That is sad.
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Re:Googlebook by fireant on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @01:39PM (#48125003)
Somewhat, it's a tradeoff we are making willingly
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Re:Googlebook by adastra22 on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @06:01PM (#48128193)
I haven't made that tradeoff. I still code myself without agents from time to time.
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Re:Googlebook by KeplerBoy on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @04:54AM (#48119428)
Nothing changed. You can still code the old way. All those 100x productivity gains are probably closer to 10% productivity gains after you account for all the added debugging and steering.
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