[vipshek]

I would like to propose a moratorium on these sorts of “AI coding is good” or “AI coding sucks” comments without any further context.

This comment is like saying, “This diet didn’t work for me” without providing any details about your health circumstances. What’s your weight? Age? Level of activity?

In this context: What language are you working in? What frameworks are you using? What’s the nature of your project? How legacy is your codebase? How big is the codebase?

If we all outline these factors plus our experiences with these tools, then perhaps we can collectively learn about the circumstances when they work or don’t work. And then maybe we can make them better for the circumstances where they’re currently weak.

[azemetre]

I feel like diet as an analogy doesn't work. We know that the only way to lose weight is with a caloric deficit. If you can't do this, it doesn't matter what you eat you won't lose weight. If you're failing to lose weight because of a diet you are eating too much, full stop.

Whereas measuring productivity and usefulness is way more opaque.

Many simple software systems are highly productive for their companies.