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Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by streetfighter64 on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:36AM (#50481452)
I think it should be fine for most people. Hopefully people don't rely on Claude for Ops, and if it's not Ops-related but just regular coding, I can't see why it shouldn't be able to wait a few days. I mean, even if Claude is down for a month, people should have enough competent developers to keep going, just at a slightly slower pace, right?
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by iamflimflam1 on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:42AM (#50481519)
Maybe we can actually spend some time reviewing PRs properly… or maybe not.
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by lovasoa on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:43AM (#50481524)
I'm sorry, but I forgot how to code. I'm not even sure where the curly braces are on my keyboard anymore.
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by Maken on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:58AM (#50481701)
Time to switch to Python then.
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by dutchiesareok on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:17AM (#50481903)
You've got "upper management" written all over you.
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by Topfi on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:43AM (#50481528)
Was viewing it more through the lens of less technical companies, Excel, Powerpoint, the backbone of traditional office work has become very model dependent in some companies I have seen and those are the owners and fellow employees that tend to struggle more in getting that the local IT guy can't fix this themselves vs developers.
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by brabel on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:57AM (#50481689)
I really don’t feel comfortable merging a PR not reviewed by both of our AI reviewers. They catch so many bugs no human could. Seriously changed my view of code since we started using it in earnest. Bugs shall not pass. Without AI it feels like the Wild West again.
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by popkkksidhd on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:12AM (#50481859)
Ditto. I can do it, and thankfully I’ll say AI mostly catches weird edge cases that often aren’t worth the trouble, but having a 2nd set of eyes has been great for quality.
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by ricardobayes on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:13AM (#50481867)
Apologize for strong words, and sorry, nothing personal, but I find this mindset bizarre and even comical. Will we reach a stage where surgeons on the operating table will second-guess their experience and education and refer to an AI assistant?
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by dutchiesareok on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:16AM (#50481896)
Yes, definitely. If an android nails your procedure while you doing it manually drops it into the low, say, 60s survival rate, what would you expect? I fully expect all human workers becoming dependent very quickly once the clankers get good enough.
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by streetfighter64 on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:19AM (#50481911)
Unlike what many programmers like to think, programming is not a skilled work on the level of surgery. And besides, many doctors probably would benefit their patients by having AI assist in their work. This has already been experimentally shown for e.g. medical imaging diagnosis.
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by swader999 on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:19AM (#50481914)
In some amount of future time you won't let a human near your injured kid. How else does this play out?
Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by mcherm on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:31AM (#50482013)
I sure hope so!

Imagine we had an AI system that could monitor 38 different patient signals (from blood pressure electrical activity in the brain) during a surgery and give the surgeon warnings whenever these drifted out of the expected range. It feels plausible to me that using such a system might improve surgery outcomes by, say, 20%.

I would prefer to have a surgeon who used the AI assistant rather than a surgeon who chose not to.

Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by GrayShade on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:34AM (#50482042)
It was technically surgery, but my dentist asked ChatGPT which antibiotic I should take.

Amusingly, I did the same and it told me there's no point in taking more than a single dose in my case (prophylactically).

Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by johnnyanmac on Friday November 13, 2026 @07:03AM (#50482319)
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Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by streetfighter64 on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:28AM (#50481988)
This mindset of "I don't trust myself to do it" is a bit (sorry) pathetic. I think one should realize that mistakes happen and to a certain extent, though professionals have lower rates of failure, everything is a tradeoff.

Some people have asked me, aren't you afraid you'll make a mistake if you fix your own car? Well, aren't they afraid their mechanic will make a mistake?

I think it's good to realize that AI (famously) also makes mistakes, and not to infantilize yourself to the level of not feeling "comfortable" trusting your own thinking.

Re:Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.c... by hi_im_greg_h on Friday November 13, 2026 @07:00AM (#50482281)
I don’t mean to be demeaning to you, but I am asking genuinely.

Why are you still employed? What do you bring to the table if you’ve off loaded so much to AI that you can no longer review a pull request…?