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YesClaude · 20 Oct 2026

This approach to AI usage doesn't make me 10x more productive, but I do think it's a net benefit both for code quality and my enjoyment of the job

perlgeek on Hacker News

In the thread “Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?”, replying to this comment

Helped: Resolving merge conflicts, generating test harnesses, and refining design ideas.

… --- This approach to AI usage doesn't make me 10x more productive, but I do think it's a net benefit both for code quality and my enjoyment of the job. I don't know if, in a few months or years from now, I'll still be competitive like this, but right now, I'm doing fine.