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0 pointskasey_junk6mo ago0 comments

Are you using a coding agent or just an llm chat interface? Do you have a linter or compiler that will catch the misuse that you’ve hooked up to the agent?

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CapsAdmin6mo ago

I've dabbled with claude code in this particular project, but not much. My short experience with it is that it's slow, costly and goes off the rails easily.

I prefer to work with more isolated parts of the code. But again, I don't really know all that much about agents.

One thing I wanted to do on my project is reorganize all the tests, which sounds like an agent job. But I'd imagine I need to define some hard programmatic constraints to make sure tests are not lost or changed in the process.

kasey_junkOP6mo ago

Agents aren’t magic. They are loops with tool calls in them that help keep agents on track. And most of the agent systems have some manner of hook that you can put your own tools in to enforce things like types and styles.

I’ve had good experiences writing small scripts and linters to enforce things that agents get wrong frequently. What’s nice about those is that the agents are very good at writing them and they are easy to verify. Plus they are valuable for new humans devs as well.

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CapsAdmin6mo ago

I've dabbled with claude code in this particular project, but not much. My short experience with it is that it's slow, costly and goes off the rails easily.

I prefer to work with more isolated parts of the code. But again, I don't really know all that much about agents.

kasey_junkOP6mo ago

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