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0 pointsbelval1mo ago0 comments

My pet peeve with AI is that it tends to work better in codebase where humans do well and for the same reason.

Large orchestration package without any tests that relies on a bunch of microservices to work? Claude Code will be as confused as our SDEs.

This in turns lead to broader effort to refactor our antiquated packages in the name of "making it compatible with AI" which actually means compatible with humans.

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giancarlostoro1mo ago

In my opinion it’s not just compatible with AI its code that now fits in your head. Lots of famous “we can rewrite it later” remarks throughout my career… Well the AI can rewrite it, and now you can understand it.

Always make it write out a plan, write out unit tests that match the codebase as-is, and if adjusted are only changed in how they call the code in the future, giving you confidence that the rewrite didn't break core logic.

dsjoerg29d ago

AI is teaching some people that best practices actually matter.

anamexis1mo ago

Why is that a pet peeve, though? Seems like a win/win.

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