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baCist

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About baCist

Indie developer building educational apps and writing about the process.

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    Comment #48305544

    Same here. I just want to write code myself. AI is great for routine tasks, but the rest is mine.

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    Comment #48305320

    This came out of my own experience building and releasing an iOS application. AI genuinely helped with many things during development, but I realised that the parts I enjoy most — …

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    Comment #48219467

    These days, AI companies don’t even pretend anymore.

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    Comment #48105490

    LLMs can draw (play music, write books), but they imitate, not create.

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    Comment #48093928

    AI is unlikely to make people like me, or most already established professionals, lazy. But it absolutely could affect younger people who are still learning and building fundamenta…

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    Comment #48004624

    Maybe I didn't express myself very well, but I meant that the juniors will return.

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    Comment #48004587

    Soon, cheaper models will be called junior developers.

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    Comment #47977004

    I don’t really vibe code either. I work a 9-to-5 and still shipped my own app to the App Store. Not sure why I’d want to speed things up if it takes away the enjoyment.

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    Comment #47968115

    And the bubble just keeps growing!

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    Comment #47949854

    Unfortunately, even AI-generated “bullshitting” still needs to be double-checked. I don’t really see how it saves time.

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    Comment #47935819

    For me, it’s meditation — it really helps me recover.

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    Comment #47917332

    old-school phone reinvented!

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    Comment #47898851

    I see this as a temporary phase driven by AI hype. In the long run, strong senior specialists — in design, development, and other IT fields — will likely be more valuable than ever…

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    Comment #47891107

    This actually feels like a winning strategy, especially in the era of AI.

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    Comment #47888351

    I think all of this has a dark future. And this can be argued based on how AI works. AI systems look at code on the internet that was written by humans. This is smart, clean code. …

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    Comment #47866905

    Big tech is inflating the AI bubble. Because of that, I find it hard to fully trust these kinds of claims — especially from complex systems like Google.

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    Comment #47859731

    Thanks, appreciate it — tried to keep it simple and focused.

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    Show HN: Irregular German Verbs – a simple app, no ads or tracking

    I built this based on requirements from my wife, who has been teaching German at a university for over 25 years. She genuinely needed a tool like this for this exact topic and star…

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