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by deterministic 2mo ago
I code the parts that are new and interesting. However after 30+ years of programming most code is something I have done before so I love getting Claude Code to do it :)
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by deterministic 2mo ago
I 100% disagree. I'm the maintainer of a large, business-critical C++ application with over a million lines of code that's used by major international companies. Claude Code routinely handles large and complex code changes correct
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by deterministic 2mo ago
What an excellent read. It absolutely nails the "why aren't everybody writing software now" question.
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by deterministic 2mo ago
Economists are famous for almost always being wrong predicting the future.
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by deterministic 2mo ago
> I enjoy making bread at home but it costs 10x and tastes like dog shit Eh? You enjoy making stuff at home that tastes like dog shit? That doesn't make sense at all. BTW: I love making bread and it tastes amazing!
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by deterministic 2mo ago
The #1 rule when using AI (IMHO) is simple: don't outsource your thinking. Use AI to brainstorm, implement features, learn new things, improve your writing, or speed up repetitive work. Just make sure you keep thinking while doing so!
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by deterministic 2mo ago
Who cares? I most certainly doesn't. As long as the article is well written.
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by deterministic 2mo ago
> go ahead and learn common lisp macros Lisp macros used to be the one advantage Lisp had over other programming languages. However nowadays macros are common. There are even languages that has more than one flavour of macro system (Hask
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by deterministic 2mo ago
I use plenty of DSL's in my daily work maintaining 1 million+ lines of C++ code used by very large companies around the world. No macros needed or wanted. More than 90% of the production code is generated from DSL's. Outside of C+
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by deterministic 2mo ago
> Common Lisp it's in places where trying to build such kind of software in C/C++ would be a reciper for disasters. I personally never blame the tools. I have written fairly complex software in 68000 assembler and it (1) worked
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by deterministic 2mo ago
> Alan Kay says a lot of problems with C/C++ go away when using the higher math more easily expressible in Lisp and like minded languages That doesn't match my experience at all. Math and numbers are in general not a problem ex
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by deterministic 2mo ago
I would be very interest in seeing how "getting lisp" enables you to write software that is more successful than the C and C++ software that runs the world. Perhaps you have written software in Lisp demonstrating this? Something y
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by deterministic 2mo ago
Reject documents that contain LLM hallucinations. Or use LLM's to generate 12+ pages of detailed reviews of those documents and return to sender.
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by deterministic 2mo ago
I love using Claude Code in my daily work. It has made me much more productive. But I also know that trying to optimize every second of my workday is a recipe for stress and eventually burnout. Nobody benefits from that. So the key is to fi
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by deterministic 2mo ago
Please ask AI to simplify x 3 before posting AI generated articles.
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by deterministic 2mo ago
Sorry, but I don't think you understand how many different skills are involved in building software that large companies can actually rely on. Writing code is only one part of the job. I use Claude Code every day and I love it. It has
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by deterministic 2mo ago
I am seeing the complete opposite. 200k senior engineers can now do large scale projects way beyond what they could do just a year ago. My company is now able to implement stuff that we used to only dream about. Having 200k senior engineers
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by deterministic 2mo ago
> They built a game engine to render text for cripes sake! Nope they didn't. I recommend taking a look at a real game engine (Unreal or Unity) and compare. I personally wrote two game engines used for commercial games. Which include
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by deterministic 2mo ago
I trust the C++ committee to introduce new features in the most convoluted way possible, then spend the next 20 years trying to fix it, while adding even more syntax that makes my eyes hurt. Case in point: templates. They are essentially a
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by deterministic 2mo ago
That hasn't been my experience at all. We've been using a custom code generator for years to build a large number of business-critical applications. The generator takes a single specification and produces everything needed for the
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by deterministic 2mo ago
Yep learning is really a participation sport not a spectator sport. In other words, you only really learn by creating something not just reading about how to create something.
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by deterministic 2mo ago
Agree. In my experience, the only way to overcome anxiety is to push yourself to do the thing anyway. The more you safely do something that scares you, the more your brain learns that it's safe. The key is to break it down into small s
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by deterministic 2mo ago
Not verifying the generated code is a really bad idea.
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by deterministic 2mo ago
I feel the complete opposite. I am much more relaxed now since I can be way more effective while actually working less.
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by deterministic 2mo ago
The less people know the simpler they think things are. You should make $ bets with them on whether you will still have a job 2 years from now. An easy way to make money and teach them a lesson :)
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by deterministic 2mo ago
Thank you for posting such balanced and level headed comments. We need more of that on HN.
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by deterministic 2mo ago
I completely agree. The more experienced you are, the more you get out of AI. A friend of mine is super smart, but he's not a software developer. He tried to use AI to build software. And it worked well for small projects, but he alway
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by deterministic 2mo ago
I've read a lot of comments about using AI for coding, and my experience has been very different. I work on large C++ applications used by international airlines. If this software failed, it would make national headlines. Claude Code w
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by deterministic 2mo ago
Master's here. I already knew how to program before going to University. However I learned a lot about how to think more abstractly/mathematically about software. It has helped me a ton in my industry work and given me a clear a
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by deterministic 2mo ago
A typical problem with software is that development continues after the software has already reached its peak. Instead of making it better, new features and changes gradually make it worse. Eventually, enough users leave that it is no longe

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