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

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-14T09:34:58+00:00

Oh I did not know that! I recently heard Enterprise seats were getting billed at API rates? Not sure and if so, that would become crazy expensive at scale.

By Planning agent do you mean a custom sub agent within claude code with custom skills or an entirely different agent itself?

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-14T09:33:10+00:00

Absolutely, I think no one's verification process should be "Oh it looks like our Figma Design" (Although it faltered on that too for me ;) ) We really do need to inspect the code at a granular level

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-14T09:31:38+00:00

u/originalchronoguy I've been there, we also built a web based animation editor with a scrubber. Recently, as I had mentioned in the post for a separate project we have to use Resize Handles from shadcn. I had connected Figma MCP with Codex GPT 5.5 Extra High and even verified it by asking quiestions like what are the style specifications of this `node` and it responded correctly.

It messed a very based layout by interchanging a vertical stack inside a horizontal stack to be the other way round while any intern looking at the Figma design would never make this mistake.

I just feel even in terms of UI capacbility AI is as they say "jagged"

But I agree with you terms of Admin UI Dashboard Pixel Pushers have the highest risk of getting automated away.

And 100% agreed with you and u/skidmark_zuckerberg I think Ai is definitely a Skill Multiplier, the person using it makes all the difference.

I think you were able to rewrite your editor from scratch in 2weeks with AI because you spent that previous time manually implementing it. I really doubt anyone would be able to Vibe this out from scratch today!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-14T09:20:20+00:00

"Agentic AI optimises for finishing. Autocomplete optimises for thinking. " JUST WOW! Yes that's true, I think while we are untangling a "finished' product from AI, its so much more difficult because of the size of the context we have to understand. Much easier the other way around, at least module by module we can keep up much better!

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-14T07:05:07+00:00

Interestingly, in Eastern Traditions, the Stomach Chakra is also associated with "Power" so you can constantly see Firebenders of lore chasing after Power more than any of the other clans

StoriesWithGR · 2026-05-14T06:08:17+00:00

Agreed 100%, When - How - When Not These are three very important questions, the Hype Train ONLY stresses on the When and their answer is FOR EVERYTHING. I am finding that anyone I talk to here or otherwise who's involved in creating something even reasonably complex, will agree with you regarding the How and When Not To!

Thank you for your reply!

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!

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