Mixed
So yes, AI writes code faster than I can, but it usually doesn't write better code
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bug was gone in 30 seconds
In the thread “The grief when AI writes most of the code”
Helped: Prototyping and refactoring with clear instructions on what needs changing.
Got in the way: Generated code was unmaintainable and failed to meet high quality bars.
… But she was in my office, so I showed her a bug, and then I asked Claude to fix it, and the bug was gone in 30 seconds, with regression tests. So yes, AI writes code faster than I can, but it usually doesn't write better code. And you still need to know how to program to produce good code; it's very easy for Claude to write unmaintainable code, especially as it continues to write more code. …