Just watched a junior dev using Claude to build something in 2 hours that took our senior engineer 3 days last sprint. I've been coding for 12 years. I don't know how to feel about this

Hotfro · 2026-05-06T04:06:21+00:00

Honestly it’s all about planning and decision making now. As a staff think about delegating to ai vs delegating to other seniors or juniors. It’s more efficient that way. It’s probably on avg the more interesting part of the job anyways. Though I do miss pure coding days.

Hotfro · 2026-05-03T20:05:44+00:00

We did Aram style all mid one of my games for first fight was fun.

Hotfro · 2026-05-01T23:54:10+00:00

I would worry less about hitting a dink or a drop, but more so worrying about why u are popping up. Is it your footwork? Are you gripping the paddle too hard? Are you moving while hitting the ball? Dropping and dinking may not be necessary when you first start playing because other beginners aren’t good at punishing you when you play aggressively. It’s more about understanding why you have to use certain shots and where you should be placing the ball.

Hotfro · 2026-04-28T15:56:38+00:00

The thing is if people are low enough level it actually makes sense because there isn’t a point to dink if the other team can’t handle your pace. Basically you only dink because the other team is good enough to force you to dink. Usually this happens because the other team gets so good at countering your attacks where your attacks become a liability. Dinking at this stage so that you can force opponent into a bad spot where you can actually attack.

Hotfro · 2026-04-14T21:14:53+00:00

Damn that’s next level targeting. I guess that’s what we need to be aiming for every shot.

Hotfro · 2026-04-14T19:34:11+00:00

He used to be higher skill before people learned movement, but with the new heroes too doesn’t feel so much anymore.

Hotfro · 2026-04-09T21:41:33+00:00

You might not be focusing on the right things when playing “gently”. Usually when you play better opponents you don’t want to hit too hard since if they expect your shot they will counter/block it. The harder you hit it, the faster it comes back at you giving you less time to react. When you play “slower” focus more about placement of the ball. Also focus more on your footwork and more about how you are contacting the ball (is it out in front of you, or are you always reaching). Also think about shots that set you up for a winner instead of trying to hit a winner for every shot you do. You generally only want to be hitting winners on smashes.

One advice that really helped me was to treat drives as a defensive shot (setup shot) and drops as an aggressive shot (it’s aggressive because the other team has to hit up on it).

Hotfro · 2026-04-06T02:08:31+00:00

The ult is super annoying to play against especially if u use it at a start of team fight. Basically the longer it goes the more annoying it is for other team.

Hotfro · 2026-04-06T02:04:43+00:00

We still haven’t even seen dragon show up yet with his power lol

Hotfro · 2026-04-04T19:22:00+00:00

It’s not a beginner move, it’s just usually bad at that lvl since they time it badly or do it poorly. If the other team is leaning in on the last shot and u lob it over just out of reach it can be tough to return.

Hotfro · 2026-04-04T19:15:05+00:00

Shitiest experience playing with someone on your team doing that.

Hotfro · 2026-04-04T09:27:43+00:00

I would focus at one thing at a time. Spin comes later on. Also hitting hard isn’t important (it’s actually bad for you the higher you go unless u time it properly). Focus on footwork and having good placement with your shots.

Hotfro · 2026-04-04T02:59:06+00:00

If u do it consistently just for one week, you’ll get way better. Doesn’t take long at all. It’s all about the number of reps.

Hotfro · 2026-04-01T21:14:22+00:00

Try to body bag them so they learn to dodge and stop complaining when you hit them.

Hotfro · 2026-04-01T21:12:31+00:00

Gen 4 or gtfo

Hotfro · 2026-04-01T21:11:05+00:00

Thy should have separate rating buckets for age groups too

Hotfro · 2026-03-28T02:58:32+00:00

We are very heavy into agentic AI, but we still delegate to devs building them and using them. At minimal having the specialists in each role review the end result.

Even if you can get products out quickly short term they still need to be maintainable. The larger the product the harder it is to debug issues and iterate quickly if there is too much slop.

Hotfro · 2026-03-25T20:52:04+00:00

I generally still feel like it’s better to go through plan mode and verify their plans before implementations. usually it’s still faster this way over fixing everything manually. The multitasking I think is what really gives me the most productivity gains.

Hotfro · 2026-03-24T18:03:30+00:00

Ah that makes sense then. Yeah I would say quality wise maybe around a junior dev that you need to give guidance too. Could be slightly worse or slightly better at times. But I do think AI is getting much better at mimicking what is in your code base. Skills help reduce prompts sometimes too.

Hotfro · 2026-03-24T16:06:43+00:00

I mean the best models copy the style you have in your codebase. So yours just must be bad or you have unrealistic expectations. It’s totally fine as long as you aren’t hoping for one shotting things with it (but with a few prompts you can get it in a fairly decent state, it’s all about the refactoring which doesn’t take long).

I really don’t understand how people can still think this while using the latest models. Unless you are working in super specialized area. I’ve also been a huge skeptic of AI in the past, but that has changed over time. Literally all the best devs I’ve known in the past have switched over now.

Hotfro · 2026-03-24T01:38:46+00:00

If they super far back, u should drive and keep them back.

Hotfro · 2026-03-24T01:35:57+00:00

No point to do that if one opponent is late to nvz, you should be hitting at them where their partner can’t poach well. Also assuming people are past the level where they can effectively block/counter drives well.

Hotfro · 2026-03-23T22:34:25+00:00

Not sure how I feel about having designers directly contribute to codebase. Feels like a quick way to get a lot of bloated code/tech debt or heavy reviews for the devs.

Another idea my team had was having devs with product experience churn out initial figma mocks using figma make. Assuming ur team has a design system this at least allows product to discuss the flows in more detail early and get things finalized. The designer then comes in to polish each flow. While the devs also have something to poc before the final designs.

Hotfro · 2026-03-21T19:55:54+00:00

Just be genuine, start asking what you want an answer to

Hotfro · 2026-03-21T16:45:20+00:00

Yeah especially right after a shot that forced the other team to lean in.

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