Yes
It makes too many mistakes when dealing with bigger problem spaces and validating its work takes so much effort that I might as well write the code myself
Strom on Hacker News
In the thread “Ask HN: How do you use AI for software engineering?”
Helped: Architecture discussions, idea bouncing, spotting problems, and answering manual-based questions.
Got in the way: Generating code for bigger problem spaces due to frequent mistakes and high validation effort.
… Mostly for small snippets, like shell scripts or SQL queries. It makes too many mistakes when dealing with bigger problem spaces and validating its work takes so much effort that I might as well write the code myself. Overall I think it has a significant positive impact on saving me time, even though I still write almost all of the code myself. …