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YesClaude · 15 Mar 2026

Used cautiously, though, I can see it accelerating progress in carefully-chosen and -bounded work

mikelevins on Hacker News

In the thread “Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?”

Helped: Careful specification, boundaries, testing, and review practices.

Got in the way: Things went south a few times.

… I've gradually developed some regular practices around careful specification, boundaries, testing, and review, and have definitely seen things go south a few times. Used cautiously, though, I can see it accelerating progress in carefully-chosen and -bounded work.