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Re: Jules: An asynchronous coding agent

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Post by beatboxrevival »

spacechild1 wrote: post #88
beatboxrevival wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think they are suggesting that you can focus on the code that you want to write - whatever that is. Especially since the first line is, "Jules does coding tasks you don't want to do." I took the first image as being someone working on the computer. Or, take back your time doing whatever you want - e.g. cycling, table tennis, etc.

> Or, take back your time doing whatever you want - e.g. cycling, table tennis, etc. That might be true for hobbyists or side projects, but employees definitely won't get to work less (or earn more). All the financial value of increased productiveness goes to the companies. That's the nature of capitalism.

I don't think it's meant to be literal, more tongue-in-cheek. Obviously, developers aren't going to be playing table tennis while they wait for their task to finish. Since it's async, you can do other things. For most developers, that's just going to mean another task.

Re: Jules: An asynchronous coding agent

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Post by SafeDusk »

Glad to see they're joining the game, there is so much work to do here. Have been using Gemini 2.5 pro as an autonomous coding agent for a while because it is free. Their work with AlphaEvolve is also pushing the edge - I did a small write up on AlphaEvolve with agentic workflow here: https://toolkami.com/alphaevolve-toolkami-style/

Re: Jules: An asynchronous coding agent

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Post by archargelod »

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ldjkfkdsjnv wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They had to release something, openai is moving at blazing speed

Sounds like a meme. I just can't take the phrase "blazing speed" seriously anymore. Is this intended humorously? Or is it just me

Anymore? For me it always sounded too childish or sarcastic. I would expect to see "Blazingly Fast" on a box of Hot Wheels or Nerf Blaster, not a serious tech product.

Re: Jules: An asynchronous coding agent

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Post by rvz »

Notice how no-one (up until now) mentioned "Devin" or compared it to any other AI agent?

It appears that AI moves so quickly that it was completely forgotten or little to no-one wanted to pay for its original prices.

Here's the timeline:

   1. Devin was $200 - $500.

   2. Then Lovable, Bolt, Github Copilot and Replit reduced their AI Agent prices to $20 - $40

   3. Devin was then reduced to $20.

   4. Then Cursor and Windsurf AI agents started at $18 - $20.

   5. Afterwards, we also have Claude Code and OpenAI Codex Agents starting at around $20.

   6. Then we have Github Copilot Agents embedded directly into GitHub and VS Code for just $0 - $10.
Now we have Jules from Google which is....$0 (Free)

Just like how Google search is free, the race to zero is going to only accelerate and it was a trap to begin with, that only the large big tech incumbents will be able to reduce prices for a very long time.

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