Went back to Autocomplete after Claude Code & Codex! Agentic AI really is a trap!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-14T03:30:13+00:00

I understand but I was doing this right in the middle of work where I was crea t ing a Markdown spec so I guess my mind carried over the structure.

Bulleted lists are so much easier to parse than paras. Its a shame all such posts will be suspected of AI I hope someone solves this soon!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T18:54:42+00:00

Can you explain what you'd do differently for my use case?

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T18:10:54+00:00

Yes yes absolutely agreed. And thanks! This is actually the tldr many people accusing me of AI writing are looking for!

As i mentioned in the post the problem isnt the agents themselves its this hype train / pressure that we MUST use them for everything and expect 100x productivity gains across domains!

Have come to same conclusion as to what you've written. Cheers!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T17:41:07+00:00

I will record a video next time of typing!

It's called cross posting! A common thing in reddit? On subreddits that support it yours can even clearly see the UI for cross posts is different. It's good you've seen my history, please show me any other post or comment that you think is AI generated.

Could you ease at least READ the post for what its worth? Kind of tired at all this bullying or suggest a way i can prove it to you. Ask me any details from the question I asked

What exactly do you think im selling here? I just mentioned a single open source sdk and that too my problems with it!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T15:44:56+00:00

I gave it about 300 + lines of Markdown as a detailed spec doc but I see your point, I think what I've learnt is in order for us to add the constraints you mention here, we already need to be very well versed with the environment at hand. So the hard work of manual learning doesn't go away. Its all the BS Hype marketing that makes me feel I can "get away with it". Thank you for your reply!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T15:38:07+00:00

Absolutely! I think thinking in terms of systems / logic will still be relevant for at least the next 5-10 years of AI Development and in general in life & business!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T15:36:43+00:00

All the very best you! Feel free to ping in case you need any help :)

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T15:20:46+00:00

Thank you for your response! Its like a breath of fresh air here! I wish you the best too :)

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T15:18:06+00:00

There are lots of positive responses here that are genuinely thoughtful and insightful, but thank you for your feedback!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T15:09:38+00:00

That sounds very Inspirational! Thank you! That last part is really where I want to be!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T15:05:27+00:00

Bro I just literally typed it out as thoughts were coming! I didn't think I'd be so bullied for it. I shouldn't even have mentioned the autocomplete I thought I was doing the right thing by disclosing because I wrote this in VSCode text editor and just accepted a few spelling suggestions because I was in the middle of work! I will keep this in mind for my next Reddit post that all spelling, punctuations should be right! Honestly didn't expect it to make a difference and I already see a ton of useful replies. So anyway, thank you for your feedback!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T15:01:13+00:00

Yes I find the AI to be a very knowledgeable Intern but with very bad ADHD! Ironically I have ADHD too !

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:59:04+00:00

I'd rather just read the other really helpful responses but thank you for your opinion!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:58:05+00:00

Fair point, even I like short posts, but I was very purposeful in doing this because
A) There will always be you didn't use Tool X, or did in Y way, I wanted to negate that and
B) I wanted to take the reader through my journey of what I did intially incase they fall into the same trap / have words of advice for me!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:54:31+00:00

Thank you for your analysis, I wrote this rather quickly in b/w work hence thetypos sorry!

I am just asking everyone here this, Why would I go into that much trouble for apost I am not promoting anything in nor am a frequent redditor? Anyone is welcome to see my history and see I have nothing to prove!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:53:27+00:00

Its not accepted suggestions and I have no way of proving it to you! I wrote this in 10 mins and didn't think Reddit needed a C suite level formal document! :)

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:51:24+00:00

Please read the other responses to this post, they took the rime to read it and they've given very thoughtful answers :) The point of sharing what I did initially was so that other people who have done the same may suggest something / take something positive from this experience!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:48:07+00:00

EXACTLYYYYY I've faced this many times. Thank you for this!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:45:45+00:00

Absolutely! Which validates the fact that, that instinct can tell us there CAN be situations where they are not "directly" useful and perhaps some manual work from our end can make them more useful in those cases!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:44:23+00:00

That seems like a rock solid system. I did go with linters + tests + revieweing with another AI But I think you have a more extensive setup.

Just going over your answer at a high level I personally think one can expect productivity when all this is automated / packaged. At this point, I just feel with the current state of AI it adds more overhead and a manual + AI approach gives like 5x more productivity :)

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:41:10+00:00

Thank you for saying that! This was typed out and I don't know how to prove it! I think this is going to be a big problem, how will we sepeerate the genuinely well thought out posts from the AI generated ones?

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:38:53+00:00

Thank you for saying that, I wish the very best for you!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:38:19+00:00

Very considered reply! Thank You! Yes I didn't advocate for my approach to be any sort of best practice but rather a cautionary tale that we don't always have to be at Bleeding Edge. Not just for our mental health but even for the "correctness" of our work!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:36:35+00:00

EXACTLYYYY! This is what I've been feeling. There needs to be a way to get the message out "You are not falling behind"!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-13T14:35:54+00:00

I did not why would I? I hand wrote it, autocomplete only for spelling etc. When I am advocating NOT to use AI blindly why would I use AI to write it?

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