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Re: I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0

#171

- AI generated article - Overconfident claims (which are based on solo dev) - Spending an absurd amount on an LLM subscription - No actual details, just buzzwords and generic claims If AI-hype was a person

Also, what do you mean "you do not need to review the code". Why did you even start coding in the first place if this is a positive thing?

Did we just stop caring about the art of programming altogether?

Re: I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0

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It's doesn't work...yet. I agree my stomach churns a little at this sentence. However, paying customers care about reliability and performance. Code review helps that today, but it's only a matter of time before it is more performative than useful in serving those goals at the cost of velocity.

the (multi) billon dollar question is when that will happen, I think, case in point: the OP is a kid in his 20s describing the history of the last 3 years or so of small scale AI Development ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/silen-naihin/details/experience/ ) How does that compare to those of us with 15-50 years of software engineering experience working on giant codebases that have years of domain rules, customers and u…

This is what people were saying about Rails 20 years ago: it wows the kids who use it to set up a CRUD website quickly but fails at anything larger-scale. They were kind of right in the sense that engineering a large complex system with Rails doesn't end up being particularly easier than with Plone or Mason or what have you. Maybe this will just be Yet Another Framework.

Re: I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0

#173

- AI generated article - Overconfident claims (which are based on solo dev) - Spending an absurd amount on an LLM subscription - No actual details, just buzzwords and generic claims If AI-hype was a person

Also, what do you mean "you do not need to review the code". Why did you even start coding in the first place if this is a positive thing? Did we just stop caring about the art of programming altogether?

See

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46685489

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46687347

Re: I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0

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For most of 2025, I ignored popular agents because I wanted to stay within my preferred text editor (Emacs). Thanks to ACP (https://agentclientprotocol.com), I no longer live under a rock ;) I built https://github.com/xenodium/agent-shell and now get a native experience. Claude Code works great. If curious what that looks like, I made a video recently https://xenodium.com/bending-emacs-episode-10-agent-shell

Re: I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0

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It's things like this "super impactful!!!" style it has: > Enter Claude Code 2.0. > The UX had evolved. The harness is more flexible and robust. Bugs are fixed. But that's all secondary. It's OK for emphasis on some things, but when you see it on every blog, it's a bit much. Plus, I dislike that everything is lists with LLMs, it's another thing that you just start seeing everywhere.

That section doesn't include a lick of AI writing. One tell (maybe?) is that I switch from past tense to present tense mid sentence. Either a) I sound like an LLM when I'm writing articles (possible) or b) turing test AGI something something. Lists point is fair, I did use Claude for formatting. Where did it off put you here?

There isn't a specific place, it's the general aesthetic. Maybe you do sound like an LLM :P I guess it's not unlikely to pick up some mannerisms from them when everyone is using them.

I guess I don't really mind the use of an LLM or not, it's more the style that sounds very samey with everything else. Whether it's an LLM or not is not very relevant, I guess.

Re: I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0

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>I built a genetic algorithm simulator with interactive visualizations showing evolution in real-time including complex fitness functions, selection pressure, mutation rates, and more in 1 day. I didn't write a single line of the code.

I'm really trying to understand this. From a learner point of view this is useless because you aren't learning anything. From an entrepreneur point of view it's useless too, I suppose? I wouldn't ship something I'm not 100% sure about how it works.

Re: I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0

#178

- AI generated article - Overconfident claims (which are based on solo dev) - Spending an absurd amount on an LLM subscription - No actual details, just buzzwords and generic claims If AI-hype was a person

Also, what do you mean "you do not need to review the code". Why did you even start coding in the first place if this is a positive thing? Did we just stop caring about the art of programming altogether?

Surprisingly, for some people, the goal is the goal, and they don't care much about the journey.

Re: I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0

#179

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Also, what do you mean "you do not need to review the code". Why did you even start coding in the first place if this is a positive thing? Did we just stop caring about the art of programming altogether?

Surprisingly, for some people, the goal is the goal, and they don't care much about the journey.

What's the model for integration and maintenance in that case, then? Just re-create the app every time?

Re: I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0

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It's already reality if you want to, today and in 10-20 years the outcome will be the same: being an homeless! And no please no UBI bs thanks

99.9% of today’s jobs will be fully automated in 20 years. What do you think will happen to all the unemployed population?

I remember when they were saying that 20 years ago
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