Comment by tracker1

I think the fact that AI is finally at a point where it seems to be more useful that annoying, it's easy to be overly optimistic. I've only been using Claude for a few months (I did try 20x, but fell back to 5x), and it's genuinely been a productivity multiplier. That said, the way I've worked with it is very different than me coding on my own... I spend way more time planning, there's a lot more documentation and testing that is part of the output and even then I still find a lot of issues.

I'm also mournful for those just starting out, that may lean so much on these tools that they may never have true proficiency to be able to spot issues with fitness and quality. I see people running half a dozen or more agents and know there is no way they're doping any kind of meaningful QA/QC on that output.