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Re:Show HN: Huzzah – a novel approach to coding with AI on Thursday August 20, 2026 @05:14PM (#49380359)
I think there's a lot to like about this approach, especially persisting my intent.

I think it will be interesting to see how this plays out when it comes time to debug.

At that time, someone else may be reading my pseudo code and implicitly assuming that the code was translated correctly. If the code wasn't translated correctly, wouldn't the human who naturally assumes it was miss the bug every time?

Huzzah would benefit from having a guard identify pseudo code with two potential interpretations and ask the human to clarify so the reliability of the interpretation does not suffer.

:) I'm so curious what the prompt was to get this generation.
Re:Ask HN: What's It Like at Intuit/TurboTax on Tax Day? on Monday April 15, 2024 @10:02PM (#40047690)
https://excel1040.com is humming along quite nicely.
I asked this question in 2015 on coffee stack exchange. https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1749/brewing-with...
Re:The Great Barrington Declaration on Sunday October 11, 2020 @12:13AM (#24743666)
The United States leads the developed world in deaths due to this fucking virus. The gbdeclaration will help us continue to lead the world in deaths from the virus.

I'm sorry things are tough.

Hopefully you did not set up ACH to withdraw money from your real account.