Ask HN: Are you using AI coding assistance?

4 cloudking 6 5/8/2025, 11:35:14 PM
Why or why not?

Comments (6)

tocs3 · 2h ago
I have tried using chatGPT a few times. Early on I had no luck but lately it has been a better experience. Maybe it has gotten better or maybe I have started asking better questions. I used it the other day to help me with some regex strings and I even enjoyed the experience.
cloudking · 2h ago
Have you tried any of the agentic coding editors like Cursor, Windsurf etc?
owebmaster · 1h ago
Yes. I can make it generate code that is on par with my own - not sure if this is good or bad, but it help me do my work faster and with better quality.
cloudking · 1h ago
Nice, what tools are you using?
sherdil2022 · 1h ago
I use - but cautiouslyc, that is I don’t do ‘vide coding’ (I hate the term). Why? I started building a project in Rust - which I was very new. Using LLMs helped me speed up the process of development and testing, and I verify what was spit out by the LLM (unlike vibe coding).

Granted, it is frustrating at times since I end up spending lot of time verifying and iterating.

But overall it is definitely efficient to use LLMs for developing software.

cloudking · 1h ago
Do you think you are more productive overall?