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Re:Don't Delegate the Joy of Building to AI on Thursday May 28, 2026 @02:54AM (#48305544)
Same here. I just want to write code myself. AI is great for routine tasks, but the rest is mine.
Re:Don't Delegate the Joy of Building to AI on Thursday May 28, 2026 @02:22AM (#48305320)
This came out of my own experience building and releasing an iOS application. AI genuinely helped with many things during development, but I realised that the parts I enjoy most — architecture, problem solving, and building systems — are exactly the parts I don’t want to delegate.
Re:"Don't Be Evil" Was a Lie from the Start (2024) on Thursday May 21, 2026 @04:22AM (#48219467)
These days, AI companies don’t even pretend anymore.
Re:Can a Language Model Paint? on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:01AM (#48105490)
LLMs can draw (play music, write books), but they imitate, not create.
AI is unlikely to make people like me, or most already established professionals, lazy. But it absolutely could affect younger people who are still learning and building fundamentals.

That raises a pretty serious question about regulating AI usage in education, and it’s surprising how little attention that discussion still gets.

Re:Use Cheaper Models with Claude on Monday May 04, 2026 @12:26AM (#48004624)
Maybe I didn't express myself very well, but I meant that the juniors will return.
Re:Use Cheaper Models with Claude on Monday May 04, 2026 @12:19AM (#48004587)
Soon, cheaper models will be called junior developers.
Re:I Don't Vibe Code on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:51PM (#47977004)
I don’t really vibe code either. I work a 9-to-5 and still shipped my own app to the App Store. Not sure why I’d want to speed things up if it takes away the enjoyment.
Re:Big Tech will spend nearly $700B on AI this year on Thursday April 30, 2026 @04:55PM (#47968115)
And the bubble just keeps growing!
Re:Things AI Is Good For on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @11:32AM (#47949854)
Unfortunately, even AI-generated “bullshitting” still needs to be double-checked. I don’t really see how it saves time.
Re:Some Days You Just Have to Stop and Do Nothing on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @11:17AM (#47935819)
For me, it’s meditation — it really helps me recover.
Re:Tin Can: a screen free phone for kids on Sunday April 26, 2026 @11:13PM (#47917332)
old-school phone reinvented!
Re:Do I belong in tech anymore? on Saturday April 25, 2026 @01:17AM (#47898851)
I see this as a temporary phase driven by AI hype.

In the long run, strong senior specialists — in design, development, and other IT fields — will likely be more valuable than ever. Meanwhile, those who rely entirely on AI without developing fundamentals may never reach that level.

AI isn’t really capable of creating truly complex solutions or top-tier UI/UX — it mostly recombines existing ideas.

So it’s probably better to focus on your craft and avoid burnout — that’s what will matter.

This actually feels like a winning strategy, especially in the era of AI.
I think all of this has a dark future. And this can be argued based on how AI works.

AI systems look at code on the internet that was written by humans. This is smart, clean code. And they learn from it. What they produce — unreadable spaghetti code — is the maximum they can squeeze out of the best code written by humans.

In the near future, AI-generated code will flood the internet, and AI will start training on its own code. On the other hand, juniors will forget how to write good code.

And when these two factors come together in the near future, I honestly don’t know what will happen to the industry.

Re:Google says 75% of its new code is AI written on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @01:50PM (#47866905)
Big tech is inflating the AI bubble. Because of that, I find it hard to fully trust these kinds of claims — especially from complex systems like Google.
Thanks, appreciate it — tried to keep it simple and focused.

Show HN: Irregular German Verbs – a simple app, no ads or tracking

https://bacist.com/german-irregular-verbs-app/

I built this based on requirements from my wife, who has been teaching German at a university for over 25 years. She genuinely needed a tool like this for this exact topic and started using it in her teaching right away.The main idea was to make learning as comfortable and focused as possible. That’s why the app has:– no ads – no tracking – no subscriptions – A1–A2 verbs are available for free.

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Re:Why Hasn't AI Made Work Easier? on Monday March 16, 2026 @11:03AM (#47399982)
Because “AI” is largely a marketing label. Under the hood, it’s essentially a prediction model.
Re:Various Novel iOS Apps by Elvure on Monday March 16, 2026 @01:25AM (#47395452)
Probably not the best site for promoting apps. The functionality isn’t very obvious — it’s hard to understand what to drag or where to tap. It also makes you wonder whether the apps themselves are just as “poetic”, when simple would probably be better.
Since the beginning of the AI hype, I’ve felt that the real winners would still be real engineers.
Re:Coding Is Dead, Long Live Programming on Friday March 13, 2026 @05:30PM (#47370220)
I’m pretty sure coding is doing just fine, despite AI.
Re:Who's a Better Writer: A.I. Or Humans? Take Our Quiz on Friday March 13, 2026 @12:57PM (#47366869)
This feels like a flawed test. The paragraphs are taken out of context, so the main idea of the work disappears. And the authors are unclear — there are plenty of human writers who write worse than AI. It might be more productive to accept that AI probably won’t create, in the human sense, and move forward with that assumption.
Re:50 Years of Thinking Different on Friday March 13, 2026 @06:27AM (#47362581)
They still deliver quality. There was a period when iPhones no longer felt unique — once smartphones became common, it seemed like progress had plateaued. But the M-series processors changed the game. Apple’s MacBooks now feel almost unbeatable again. And the ecosystem is still incredibly polished.
Re:Show HN: My Vibe Page on Thursday March 12, 2026 @04:39PM (#47356744)
Nope, sorry
Re:Show HN: My Vibe Page on Thursday March 12, 2026 @04:32PM (#47356649)
Glitch on second request. Request was "jupiter surface"
Regarding the game page, it feels like it would benefit from more screenshots and a more dynamic video.
As a groove-oriented developer, I instantly fell for them. I can’t really explain why they stuck with me, but they’re hard to forget.

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