Mixed
in the end though, the app would crash, with more work I could probably ask it to debug what was happening
rclabs on Hacker News
In the thread “Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?”
Helped: Automated write/compile/verify loops for threading implementation.
Got in the way: Application crashed after the implementation was completed.
… It's written in C++ / QT, and can't remember the threading model, I knew Codex ~ version 4 and generally coding agents were excellent at Web type stuff - so I didn't expect much, but it did an alright job. It was able to build loops of write/compile/verify loops - in the end though, the app would crash, with more work I could probably ask it to debug what was happening.