Mixed
it managed to come up with a solution that was 99% acceptable
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99% acceptable
In the thread “Engineers who dismiss AI”
Helped: Solving complex feature request in unfamiliar codebase.
Got in the way: Producing over-commented, over-engineered slop that ignored requirements in familiar codebase.
As someone whose stance is to be extremely skeptical of AI, I threw Claude at a complex feature request in a codebase I wasn't very familiar with, and it managed to come up with a solution that was 99% acceptable. I was very impressed, so I started using it more. …