Mixed
You have to check its work very carefully because about 1 time in 5 it just gets stuff wrong
rwmj on Hacker News
about 1 time in 5 it just gets stuff wrong
In the thread “Agents that run while I sleep”, replying to this comment
Helped: Uncovering memory leaks and producing natural code fitting existing style.
Got in the way: Fundamentally wrong Rust translation that compiled and passed tests.
… We've so far found that Claude code is fine as a kind of better Coverity for uncovering memory leaks and similar. You have to check its work very carefully because about 1 time in 5 it just gets stuff wrong. It's great that it gets stuff right 4 times in 5 and produces natural code that fits into the style of the existing project, but it's nothing earth-shattering. …