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by nprateem 595 days ago
Sure but you go fast on the simple parts it's good at and slow on the novel/critical part. It's not that hard to understand. You don't drive at top speed everywhere either. You go slower depending on the context.

The real problem with AI coding is not knowing in advance the cases where it's going to spin its wheels and go in a cycle of stupid answers. I lose 20 minutes at a time that way because it seems like it needs just one more prompt, but in the end I have to step in, either with code or telling it specifically where the bug is.