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Re:Bad ideas that aren't bad anymore by Iolaum on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:38AM (#50465026)
Do you need to look into the code for that though? Can't you talk with your agent about the changes introduced and the direction the PR is taking your code?

P.S. Have a feeling this will get down-voted but posting since I am interested in counter-arguments for this approach.

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Re:Bad ideas that aren't bad anymore by camgunz on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:48AM (#50465089)
No because your agent will hallucinate. Code is truth.
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Re:Bad ideas that aren't bad anymore by m000 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @05:02AM (#50465186)
Yes you do. Definitely not in the excruciating detail we used to. But an agent on itself typically catches only (relatively) superficial issues. It hasn't ever occurred to me to get a higher-level disagreement on the changes of the PR by an agent.

E.g. why re-implement the oauth workflow instead of using the established package of the ecosystem? Why monkeypatch an existing python method for all code instead of implementing and using where needed a context manager?

The agent can give you an assessment on such alternative approaches if you ask it, but I haven't seen it taking the initiative to radically steer a PR.

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