Hacker News with Generative AI: Coding Assistants

Things that have a bigger impact than coding assistants (wordpress.com)
Here are 5 factors that make a bigger difference to software development outcomes than “A.I.” coding assistants, but teams don’t address because they’re “old news, granddad!”
Software Development, Coding Assistants, Artificial Intelligence
110 points by flail 2 days ago | 59 comments
Beyond the 70%: Maximizing the human 30% of AI-assisted coding (addyo.substack.com)
AI coding assistants like Cursor, Cline, Copilot and WindSurf have transformed how software is built, shouldering much of the grunt work and boilerplate. Yet, as experienced developers and industry leaders note, there remains a crucial portion of software engineering that AI does not handle well – roughly that last “30%” of the job that separates a toy solution from a production-ready system​. This gap includes the hard parts: understanding complex requirements, architecting maintainable systems, handling edge cases, and ensuring code correctness.
AI, Software Development, Programming, Tools, Coding Assistants
14 points by Garbage 70 days ago | 23 comments