Slop or not, I enjoyed reading it. And could relate.
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Anybody else wonder how the screenshots were taken?
I’m still the same smart person when using AI. What the author probably means is their memory of syntax is fading. Bothered?
Write a damn good automated review agent that runs against their PRs before even looking at them… works well for me!
I haven't tracked it recently, but when I've pulled up the metrics I've generally seen about 25% token saving (sometimes higher circa 40%, depending on type of use). I've bought a max Claude plan recently, as I couldn't make enough savings to stay on the Pro plan. Perhaps most importantly, I've not seen any conflict or degradation after installing the plugins, which I've done on both Windows and Linux. Recommended, so far.
See the very last section in this doc for how I minimise token usage and track savings, all three plugins co-exist fine: https://github.com/FrankRay78/NetPace/blob/main/docs/agentic...
Most of these are outdoor trees, regardless of size. Something more tropical might fare better inside.
Not that different to our two year old tortoise, who still has another 100+ years to go.
I’m writing production quality code with agents, it was the development ‘harness’ that took time up get right.
I find something similar happening as I transition to spec driven development - whilst the agents do the work I used to do, I spend a hell of a lot more time thinking about what I want the outcome to be, rather than hacking around the limitations of frameworks I know, avoiding tech I don’t. It’s freeing actually.
I wonder if this is the death of true design.
Include clear payment terms and penalty interest. For me, this looks like 30 payment window, reminders fortnightly there after, and a money claim lodged in the small claims court at 90 days. You’ll almost certainly get your money ahead of court appearance (assuming they haven’t gone bankrupt).
If nothing else, I see that Conductor is currently Mac only.
A perfectly good methodology with the right guardrails in place imho.
Shrewd context management is the go here.
Sure, but where are the formal acceptance tests to validate against?
No much different from what I did manually when employer outsourced development to India.
I would be happy to, but let me think about writing it up properly and posting it as a more serious piece for consideration.
I’m seriously not astroturfing, point is serious. Most people here would not be able to tell the difference between good human and good AI generated writing anymore in a blind test, especially a blend of both. So if the reader often can’t tell, why is the source of a well written, interesting piece of writing more important, than the effect of the content itself? I don’t feel the OP made a good argument imho.
I’m building an AI emotional regulation coach for autism
Traditional therapy assumes you can identify what you’re feeling, which is exactly what many autistic people struggle with. Anna, the emotional regulation coach, addresses this dilemma.
I’ve used her daily for nearly a year and haven’t had a major dysregulation event since. Now I’m working on developing Anna further. The following post includes a detailed framework for building your own.
https://bettersoftware.uk/2026/01/24/how-to-build-ai-regulat...
My comment perhaps says more about the kind of fellow humans in my life.
I’ve been creating agents to better navigate the early stages of SDLC. Here’s my findings of the last 12 months:
I Built A Team of AI Agents To Perform Business Analysis
https://bettersoftware.uk/2026/01/17/i-built-a-team-of-ai-ag...
Even the upfront solutioning is being disrupted though:
I Built A Team of AI Agents To Perform Business Analysis
https://bettersoftware.uk/2026/01/17/i-built-a-team-of-ai-ag...
LOL.
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It was this one. I glossed over the description of the exact change above, given the issue is broader than just the PR in question.
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Take a very long holiday without electronic devices; Nokia brick and decent camera aside.