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NoCursor · 7 Apr 2025

When it comes to coding, the amount of times it's hallucinated a function that didn't exist or used a deprecated implementation has felt like a net neutral at best

patch-n on Hacker News

In the thread “Shopify CEO: "AI usage is now a baseline expectation"”

Helped: Bouncing ideas around and handling some simple tasks.

Got in the way: Hallucinating non-existent functions and using deprecated implementations.

… They're handy for bouncing ideas around and for some simple tasks, but I've hardly felt like it was a force multiplier. When it comes to coding, the amount of times it's hallucinated a function that didn't exist or used a deprecated implementation has felt like a net neutral at best. > We will add AI usage questions to our performance and peer review questionnaire. …