Ask HN: Why do you use AI for coding?
I'm writing an article on AI-assisted coding, I'm wondering what are the main reasons people use AI/LLM/Agentic for coding purposes.2nd question: do you feel like it helps you solve novel/non-trivial problems?
MrSandingMan
Re:Old Computer Challenge
on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @01:47AM (#48728916)
Just let people write funny stuff
Re:The Museum Can Wait
on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:04AM (#48105138)
> Beautiful women.
Ctrl W
Re:Generative UI Browser
on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @02:38AM (#48033017)
Another slop generator
Re:Show HN: A narrative walk through AI history, paper by paper (1936–...
on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @03:01AM (#47931240)
Is this AI generated? I see you've produced multiple graphics and 16 chapters in the span of only a few hours.
Re:Show HN: Netflix for Internet Pirates
on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @02:39AM (#47931104)
Is this a vibe coded Jellyfin clone?
Re:GitHub's Fake Star Economy
on Monday April 20, 2026 @08:18AM (#47833206)
What does "TFA" mean here please?
Re:Token Anxiety
on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @04:23AM (#47134844)
Re:I do a podcast, I don't talk int it
on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @04:20AM (#47134819)
Yay, more AI slop, there was not enough podcasts already!
Re:Be My Baby
on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @04:19AM (#47134808)
What does it have to do with HN?
Re:Show HN: Autonomous AI Agent Fleets
on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @04:18AM (#47134802)
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Re:Ask HN: If you needed to make $1000 in a week, what would be your s...
on Monday February 16, 2026 @10:43AM (#47036422)
Sell a kidney?
Re:Eight More Months of Agents
on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @04:23AM (#46957226)
> In 2000, less than one percent lived on farms and 1% of workers are in agriculture. That was a net benefit to the world, that we all don't have to work to eat.
Not obvious
> To me that statement is as obvious as "water is wet".
Well... is water *wet* or does it *wet things*? So not obvious either.
I'm really dubious when reading posts posing some things as obvious or trivial. In general they are not.
Re:Ask HN: Why do you use AI for coding?
on Monday February 09, 2026 @05:49AM (#46943833)
I'm asking questions because I wanna challenge some biases I have. You believe that you already know the ("obvious"?) answers, good for you?
Re:The surprising economics of the meat industry
on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @09:45AM (#44876130)
I can't verify the claim "The feed conversion ratio for chickens, the amount of grain you put in to get meat out, is 2x. That grain is incredibly cheap.".
Instead I found: "2.51 kg of dietary protein is required to generate 1.00 kg of protein in a chicken carcass or saleable end product." [1]
If we're talking about efficiency, let's directly eat grain, then, leave the chicken alone.