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You get to 80% fast, then spend longer on the last 20% than you would have building from scratch - because now you're debugging code you don't fully understand
senordevnyc on Hacker News
In the thread “The Gorman Paradox: Where Are All the AI-Generated Apps?”, replying to this comment
Helped: AI helps get back up to speed on old codebase parts.
Got in the way: Debugging code I don't fully understand takes longer than building from scratch.
AI makes starting easier but finishing harder. You get to 80% fast, then spend longer on the last 20% than you would have building from scratch - because now you're debugging code you don't fully understand. I run a SaaS solo, and that hasn't really been my experience, but I'm not vibe coding. …