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YesCursor, Claude · 6 Aug 2025

Overall, it makes my job less miserable when I'm doing boring things

pjerem on Hacker News

In the thread “Ask HN: Do you struggle with flow state when using AI assisted coding tools?”

Helped: Asking questions about existing code and discussing options before implementation.

Got in the way: Hoping AI solves complex tickets in one prompt.

… However not having that continuous interaction and hoping the AI to solve your Jira ticket in one prompt is going to be a disaster for your focus and you will not trust the result enough. Overall, it makes my job less miserable when I'm doing boring things.