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YesCursor · 10 Feb 2025

The code was instantly inserted into the file I already had open and has since built and run, doing exactly what I wanted

joenot443 on Hacker News

25 lines of code which otherwise would have probably taken me ~2-5min to type

In the thread “No AI December Reflections”, replying to this comment

Helped: Small deterministic task with full context and immediate validation.

… The code is effectively deterministic, I knew exactly what I wanted but decided to apply my finite mental battery in writing a prompt instead of those 25 lines. The code was instantly inserted into the file I already had open and has since built and run, doing exactly what I wanted. -- …