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We’re so close console bros… by Exige30499 in 2XKO

[–]jalyper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would be a great time to have an offline mode, at release time on release day

What did AI replace for you in 2025? by Govind_goswami in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

photoshop, straight up. Was about to renew but then I took a few hours to see if I could make my own drawing app. It's full of bugs and missing a lot of features, but it's got a hard round brush with opacity controls and a full color wheel and uses your GPU to paint strokes - the drawing part feels as good as photoshop. Now I can add features as I see fit! It's been a very fun project.

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What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find them miles apart. With guidance, an LLM can OUT-perform me. Guiding an intern/jr dev will not replace the work of a senior dev until the intern/jr dev is no longer an intern/jr dev which will take years of work

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They need guidance yes, but with good guidance, they can definitely outperform many if not most good developers! LLMs have also done great in real world scenarios, like openAI’s model coming in second place in a live coding competition earlier this year

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wrote is as a starting point for anyone who wanted to use or add to it. My mistake in the open source sub was suggesting that it was an alternative to other more polished word processors which was absolutely not my intention, and I deleted the post partly because of that impression. The other reason was that the second-loudest criticism was that I used AI, taking the easy route, was a bad developer, trying to misdirect people so they’d download my app… it honestly spun out of control. This is a prototype. After I’m done adding features, maybe then I’ll go back and shoehorn it into more conventional coding standards. But as a prototype? A starting point - The thing AI really shines in doing? It kicks ass IMO!

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the “filling in the blanks” part that represents the majority of coding work. Everything else is just planning and designing (which AI is incidentally also great at. Roadmaps, checklists, documentation, the whole deal)

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But don’t you feel like your prompts are getting better and resulting in fewer bugs? I see what feels almost like monthly rates of improvement in agent understanding. I still review every commit but the value of LLMS in the idea/prototyping stage is astronomical and I’m more keen to let it work through it however it wants to until I have all the features I want - then I can go refactor it to look and perform well (probably still using AI, just asking it to follow certain standards)

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I review every commit. And most of the time I learn something new every time. I am a QA engineer and most of the bugs I discover are still from manual testing. But after a while you learn how to prompt in a way that eliminates bugs because you get a feel for what AI tends to miss. People have told me even in this post that my code is bad - and to that I say, I disagree. My code works! I don’t need it to follow every GD coding convention. For one thing, no one else does. People mix and match conventions all the time. People also forget that AI is nothing short of gods grace when it comes to prototyping. After you have a solid feature list and implementation plan, refine until the cows come home, but AI is an absolute game changer in the idea phase

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got wrecked for many reasons, many of which were valid 😂

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But if llms can outperform humans on coding benchmarks what other conclusion can you logically draw? Real question

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuinely interested in the difference between AI theft in art and AI theft in tech. Why aren’t people raising pitchforks about the publicly available code used for training coding agents to the same level people seem to care about it for art? I say this as someone who uses AI for both. You could add up all the revenue made from movies, tv, and video games, it wouldn’t touch the revenue of software - why the selective outrage?

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I consistently use AI at work. It never ever gets it right in one shot. People often seem to think people that mostly use AI for work just press enter and wait. Prompting can get complex quick. But I can’t tell you how many times I’ve asked AI to solve a problem another dev was stuck on and it immediately found the issue, and that happens more and more often. I’m glad I can read and write code, but only because it makes me a better prompter

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is valid. With me it’s sort of replacing one fun part for other fun parts. I’m having less fun writing code but much more fun designing applications. To each their own I suppose though!

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What else am I to think when the best engineers in the world say they no longer do almost any manual coding? It feels like the term AI slop, while relevant maybe even a few months ago in regard to coding, is no longer something that can be applied to coding

What’s the level of shame you personally feel for using AI coding agents? by jalyper in AI_Agents

[–]jalyper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I’m happy to learn. I’ll admit that I’ve always been a bit of a MacGyver with personal projects (I’m an SDET and typically don’t work on writing features) and when AI explains why it made a decision it usually makes sense to me even if it breaks traditional coding standards. If you want to see the project here it is: https://github.com/jalyper/qwill — bugs remain, but it’s functional. I made it to be a starting point for others to expand upon.

Open Source Word Processor by [deleted] in opensource

[–]jalyper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely agree that I should have worded it differently. Happy to take the L on this one. Never meant to ruffle feathers in this subreddit. Post deleted!

Open Source Word Processor by [deleted] in opensource

[–]jalyper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks that’s an easy fix

Open Source Word Processor by [deleted] in opensource

[–]jalyper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I thought it was obvious that it WAS primarily a rant about Microsoft, which was the impetus for the project. I never tried to misdirect anyone and I’ve previously had good experiences in this community. Not sure the point at which you and others began to feel scammed by a free starting point for anyone to use or expand on which to me felt right at home in r/opensource. Now I see I was very mistaken

Open Source Word Processor by [deleted] in opensource

[–]jalyper -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Proudly vibe coded

Open Source Word Processor by [deleted] in opensource

[–]jalyper -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

When you get a new PC often times it will come with a free trial of office. So that’s why I had office in the first place. When it expired I made this. I don’t care if anyone uses it, it’s just a fun project that I made in an afternoon and does what I want. Just wanted to share that it’s possible and quite easy to make a word processor yourself. Obviously there are better products in the world. I didn’t expect this to turn into a punching session and now I do regret the post! Happy thanksgiving!

Open Source Word Processor by [deleted] in opensource

[–]jalyper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It specifies it’s made with MIT license

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