Re:Ask HN: Am I missing something with AI
by rkochanowski on Thursday June 25, 2026 @06:41AM
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That's why it's so important to design a solution before letting AI implement it. I noticed that AI often can't see clean, elegant and primitive solutions that fit best for a given problem. Even when I ask if it can be designed in a simpler way, it can't see what I can see. I think this is one of the most important points where humans should be involved.
Re:Ask HN: Am I missing something with AI
by al_borland on Thursday June 25, 2026 @08:27AM
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I often figure out my design by writing code. By the time the design is figured out, it’s done. I’m not sure what AI adds to that equation.
I could do some of that in pseudo code, but it’s usually just as easy to make it work and actually test the hypothesis.
This happened to me last week. I went back and forth with the AI for 2 days. My company then ran out of tokens for the months, so I just did it myself and came up with a solution that I feel is a lot more straightforward. That, plus all finishing touches, and testing were done by noon.
I find more and more that AI turns into a procrastination machine. I’ve only found it useful for things that are so basic the AI one-shot it, low stakes (logic issues won’t be a major issue), and completely independent, where I don’t really have to worry about maintaining it. For anything else I’m finding more and more than it’s faster to not try and have AI do anything.