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marsten • yesterday at 4:40 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

There's also the way AI itself tends to work: In my experience it very rarely refactors existing code when it's adding something new.

AI tends to layer new code on top and you get a steaming mess very quickly if you aren't careful.


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bunderbunder • yesterday at 4:53 PM

I’ve used a harness that had no compunctions about deciding for itself when to refactor existing code. It was not a better experience.