The conversation

SupermanchoHNSource authorAug 23

Lessons learnedEditorial digest

Small changes still matter when AI writes the PR

Supermancho offers a different experience of AI-assisted development: keep changes small, perform self-review, and agree on conventions through team review. Their team has also used AI to remove duplication. The workflow around generated code matters as much as generation itself.

Original excerpt
“I don't understand this slop debt either. I make lots of small changes, as I did before, alongside self-reviews. This time, the AI puts”
Read the full original

Original discussionSlop Debt

Discuss

What was this responding to?

Parent context · original excerpt

prplfshHNAug 22

I don't know. We've managed to avoid most of this, I think. We have tech debt, but it feels more like regular tech debt than sloppy engineering practices. What's worked for us: - Very strict linting, type checking, and so on. - An opinionated flow of data and clear layers in the codebase. - Good code review workflows with multiple AI code reviewers, along with a pretty opinionated SDLC. - Agents that look for duplication and opportunities to simplify. - Strong opinions about our core data model. I really think that the companies that are struggling with slop probably struggled with slop before. It just moved slow enough that things could be f…

Full original

Community replies 0

No community replies yet. Add your perspective.

Replies from the source 0

Direct replies available in this import. Original-language excerpts.

This sample contains no direct replies. Follow the source to read the full discussion.

Continue on Hacker News

Respect different perspectives. Share concrete experiences.