6 hours a week is low, unless its the average spread across industries. I think I spend more time in Claude Code via the CLI versus any other app I have on my laptop.

Like others said, the frustration is when it gets something so wrong you just think "wow, how'd you mess that up?" but when it gets it right its kind of nice. I also dont like that I basically tell Claude what to do, and then either go to busy work or waste time on the internet.

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comboy 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I kind of enjoy exploring black boxes, trying how different inputs are mapping to differences in outputs. It's kind of like hacking. The problem is, they keep altering the box.

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marcosdumay 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The box is stochastic by design, and has an untraceable amount of complexity between its context and output by nature.

It may be fun to look at inputs and outputs, but it's not hackable and trying to map one into the other is more like astrology than a science.

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masfuerte 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's copromancy. Picking through the clanker's doings in an attempt to predict the future.

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		Thanks, you taught me a new word today! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatomancy
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		It feels like Greek mythology should have some metaphor for "apparently simple structure that is so complex it leads anybody that studies it into madness". But I can't think of any name to put there. Maybe the idea of complexity is too modern.

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utopiah 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No but you see, I have a system! /s

(I spent too long by the horse racing track)

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rconti 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The third sentence got to what my objection was going to be. It's fun trying to make the thing do what you want it to do! That's why many of us like computers. It's the randomness that sucks and makes the process unsatisfying.

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witx 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That's just just a slot machine

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evilturnip 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Working with AI is trying to reduce the probability it'll pick undesirable paths. It's an exercise in trying to avoid what you DON'T want.

I suppose it's the same as asking someone else to take care of a feature and hoping they understand what you have in mind. The difference is that there's a lot of context that's shared between you and a human developer that is simply absent with AI.

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root_axis 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

An hour out of every work day doesn't seem low to me.

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luisgvv 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Welcome to the slot machines!

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