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YesTool not named · 15 Mar 2026

I'm using mostly to assist with programming languages/frameworks I'm not familiar with

zteppenwolf on Hacker News

high rate of success

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

Helped: Unfamiliar languages, test cases, documentation, simple bug debugging.

Got in the way: Avoiding anti-patterns; it indulges them instead of pointing them out.

It's working fine for me. I'm lucky enough to have upper management not pressuring to use it this or that way, and I'm using mostly to assist with programming languages/frameworks I'm not familiar with. Also, test cases (these sometimes comes wrong and I need to review thoroughly), updating documentation, my rubber duck, and some other repetitive/time consuming tasks. …