[emeraldd]

If you're forgetting to use the tool, is the tool really providing benefit in that case? I mean, if a tool truly made something easier or faster that was onerous to accomplish, you should be much less likely to forget there's a better way ...

[skydhash]

Yep! Most tools are there to handle the painful aspects of your tasks. It's not like you are consciously thinking about them, but just the fact on doing them without the tool will get a groan out of you.

A lot of current AI tools are toys. Fun to play around, but as soon as you have some real world tasks, you just do it your usual way that get the job done.

[jaapbadlands]

There's a balance to be calculated each time you're presented with the option. It's difficult to predict how much iteration the agent is going to require, how frustrating it might end up being, all the while you lose grip on the code being your own and your head-model of it, vs just going in and doing it and knowing exactly what's going on and simply asking it questions if any unknowns arise. Sometimes it's easier to just not even make the decision, so you disregard firing up the agent in a blink.

[nu11ptr]

> is the tool really providing benefit in that case?

Yes, much of the time and esp. for tests. I've been writing code for 35 years. It takes a while to break old habits!

[acedTrex]

Why would you want to break the habit? If you are not feeling a strong urge to use it...

[nu11ptr]

Because I don't particularly like writing bulk code, but solving problems and designing things.

[viraptor]

Our meat blobs forget things all the time. It's why the Todo apps and reminders even exist. Not using something every time doesn't mean it's not beneficial.

[dimitri-vs]

You never forgot your reusable grocery bag, umbrella, or sun glasses? You've never reassembled something and found a few "extra" screws?

[lkirkwood]

Yes, but once I'm at the checkout or it starts raining, I reach for it...