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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. 3D3049+qQ[view] [source] 2026-02-02 08:51:15
>>Punchy+xO
> 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

And this may be fine in certain cases.

I'm learning German and my listening comprehension is marginal. I took a practice test and one of the exercises was listening to 15-30 seconds of audio followed by questions. I did terribly, but it seemed like a good way to practice. I used Claude Code to create a small app to generate short audio (via ElevenLabs) dialogs and set of questions. I ran the results by my German teacher and he was impressed.

I'm aware of the limitations: Sometimes the audio isn't great (it tends to mess up phone numbers), it can only a small part of my work learning German, etc.

The key part: I could have coded it, but I have other more important projects. I don't care that I didn't learn about the code. What I care about is I'm improving my German.

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3. idopms+9F1[view] [source] 2026-02-02 15:19:04
>>3D3049+qQ
This is me, but for writing code. I own a business, and I use Claude Code to build internal tools for myself.

Don't care about code quality; never seen the code. I care if the tools do the things I want them to do, and they verifiably do.

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