@juergen_hubert Claude Code is just one year old, I doubt anyone decided to write papers about it. But you hear from everywhere how they are no longer coding themselves, but using LLM's for coding.

So do I.

@IngoHeinscher

So no one has yet any experience whether it is viable for large, complex, and long-term software projects, either.

@juergen_hubert I suggest, again, you try it yourself to see what people mean when they say coding by humans doesn't happen any more. Anthropic's Opus 4.6, which just came out this week, will humble anyone.

@IngoHeinscher

I am not a software developer working on complex software products which have been developed over the course of decades. When _they_ tell me that this is genuinely useful after at least one year of usage, _then_ I will listen.

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence", and all that.

@juergen_hubert You choose to stay blind.

@IngoHeinscher

Or I choose not to get blinded by the hype. We shall see.

@juergen_hubert Hypes usually die once people see the hyped thing. You refuse to see the hyped thing.

@juergen_hubert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pey9u_ANXZM gives a good overview how people develop software these days.

@IngoHeinscher

... according to a representative of an AI company? 🧐

@juergen_hubert It's an hour of youtube, and you can stop any time. But not even trying to understand what's happening, how does that benefit you?

@IngoHeinscher

Okay, I have several points to make here:

- I am _extremely_ distrustful of videos - especially YouTube videos - as a reliable source of information. I have come across too many social media commentators who have tried to tell me: "Watch this video, it will totally debunk global warming!" And they never did. Give me a properly sourced article any day.

- I also can't help noticing that the AI industry has attracted some of the biggest scam artists in world history (measured by total currency). Their entire business model is based on keeping the hype going. Thus, I am not going to take the word of anyone who is a representative of that industry.

- While I am not a software developer myself, I do work for a software development company. Some of the software developers _are_ experimenting with AI, but I do not get the impression that this has revolutionarized their development cycles yet. When it does, _then_ I will start taking this seriously.

@juergen_hubert If you don't trust Videos, try Claude Code with Opus 4.6 yourself. But that will cost you 20 Euros or so.

@IngoHeinscher

I am not a software developer, and am in no position to evaluate such tools - especially over the course of several years, which would be necessary for this.

@juergen_hubert @IngoHeinscher (that was honestly amusing to see someone reply to suspicions of a grift with "trust me it's not, and you can find out by paying" )

@growfediverse @juergen_hubert
Dude. I propose to watch a (free) video that explains it. If one does not believe the video, what other option is there than to try for yourself? Unless you want to wait 3-6 months until open source models can do the same that things like opus4.6 can, and have proper hardware available, paying is the only way to try. That's just a fact.

@juergen_hubert Well, if you feel you are not qualified to talk about it, then why are you talking about it?

@IngoHeinscher

Because I listen to people who _are_ qualified, such as the software developers in my company.

@juergen_hubert And have they actually tried these new technologies, or is this just another case of "nothing runs faster than my horse"?

@juergen_hubert And by "these new technologies" I mean things like Opus 4.6 or ChatGPT 5.2. Not something from two years ago.

@IngoHeinscher

As it happened, I talked one of the developers about their thoughts on current AI tools for software development. He had apparently followed some recent #OpenAI tech demos, and was unimpressed how they created a massive, bloated, buggy mess they created which they were unable to fix.

He has also used some recent AI tools (I don't know which precise versions), and described its addictive qualities - when you fudge around with it, you seem to experience a "haze" until you come to your senses a few hours late and think: "What the hell am I doing?"

He is also convinced that increasing reliance on AI tools is why the quality of Windows 11 has been getting worse and worse.

He is _not_ averse to AI on general principle - he is frequently testing these tools out. But he also says that right now they are not living up to the hype.

As for his background, he has now worked seven years at my company, within the same software development team. Whatever code he implements, he has to live with it in the long run - whether he has written it himself or has generated it by AI.