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1. Punchy+xO[view] [source] 2026-02-02 08:27:01
>>martin+(OP)
I'd argue 2 types of users are

* People using it as a tool, aware of its limitations and treating it basically as intern/boring task executor (whether its some code boilerplate, or pooping out/shortening some corporate email), or as tool to give themselves summary of topic they can then bite into deeper.

* People outsourcing thinking and entire skillset to it - they usually have very little clue in the topic, are interested only in results, and are not interested in knowing more about the topic or honing their skills in the topic

The second group is one that thinks talking to a chatbot will replace senior developer

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2. RHSeeg+M51[view] [source] 2026-02-02 11:31:14
>>Punchy+xO
I think the specific examples of the first group there undersell it. They make it sound like the group isn't getting a lot of power out of the AI. The things I use it as a tool for include

- Peer reviews. Not the only peer review of code, but a "first pass" to point out anything that I might have missed

- Implementing relatively simple changes; ones where the "how" doesn't require a lot of insight into long term planning

- Smart auto-complete (and this one is huge)

- Searching custom knowledge bases (I use Obsidian and have an AI tied into it to search through my decade+ of notes)

- Smart search of the internet; describing the problem I'm trying to solve and then asking it to find places that discuss that type of thing

- I rarely use it to clean up emails, but it does happen sometimes. My emails tend to be very technical, and "cleaning them up" usually requires I spend time figuring out what information not to include

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