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MixedClaude · 28 Feb 2026

It's.... Deeply uncomfortable, to know so little but still be able to do so much

Vexs on Hacker News

In the thread “What AI coding costs you”

Helped: Generated a good, thin library matching suggestions.

Got in the way: Failed to build deep understanding or reflexive memory of the codebase.

… Nada. It's.... Deeply uncomfortable, to know so little but still be able to do so much. It doesn't matter if I get it to explain it, that's just information that washes off when I move onto the next thing. …