I have a weird issue with using AI for coding. I can code something entirely by myself at my baseline speed; call it 1x. Or I can use Claude to do it, and it does it in 1/10 - 1/4 of the time. The problem, however, is that to review Claude’s code properly takes 2-3x the amount of time it would have taken me to write it all by hand.
So my two choices are basically “YOLO, LGTM” and hope I can revert if it breaks something, or to just write all the code by hand from the start. With the increased pressure for output, I’ve noticed both myself and coworkers tending more toward “commit and hope it works” over time. It’s sort of perverse incentives in a way...
So my two choices are basically “YOLO, LGTM” and hope I can revert if it breaks something, or to just write all the code by hand from the start. With the increased pressure for output, I’ve noticed both myself and coworkers tending more toward “commit and hope it works” over time. It’s sort of perverse incentives in a way...