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by rahimnathwani2 hours ago |
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upvoteby freeone30001 hours ago|
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If it could do anything that a junior dev could, that’d be a valid point of comparison. But it continually, wildly performs slower and falls short every time I’ve tried.
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upvoteby rahimnathwani1 hours ago|
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  But it continually, wildly performs slower and falls short every time I’ve tried.
If it falls short every time you've tried, it's likely that one or more of these is true:

A. You're working on some really deep thing that only world-class expects can do, like optimizing graphics engines for AAA games.

B. You're using a language that isn't in the top ~10 most popular in AI models' training sets.

C. You have an opportunity to improve your ability to use the tools effectively.

How many hours have you spent using Claude Code?

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upvoteby bryanlarsen29 minutes ago|
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> like optimizing graphics engines for AAA games.

Claude would be worse than an expert at this, but this is a benchmarkable task. Claude can do experiments a lot quicker than a human can. The hard part would be ensure that the results aren't just gaming your benchmark.

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upvoteby imiric46 minutes ago|
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The possibility that the performance of these tools still isn't at the level some people need it to be is not an option?

It's insulting that criticism is often met with superficial excuses and insinuation that the user lacks the required skills.

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upvoteby rahimnathwani39 minutes ago|
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That possibility is covered by A and B.

GP said 'falls short every time I’ve tried'. Note the word 'every'.

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upvoteby andkenneth1 hours ago|
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Companies are not comparing it straight to juniors. They're more making a comparison between a Senior with the assistance of one more more juniors, vs a Senior with the assistance of AI Agents.

I feel like comparison just to a junior developer is also becoming a fairly outdated comparison. Yes, it is worse in some ways, but also VASTLY superior in others.

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upvoteby taurath49 minutes ago|
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It’s funny so many companies making people RTO and spending all this money on offices to get “hallway” moments of innovation, while emptying those offices of the people most likely to have a new perspective.
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upvoteby buzzerbetrayed57 minutes ago|
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I am way more productive with $200/month of AI than I would be with $5,000/month of junior developer. And it isn’t close.
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