3/15/2026 at 10:32:14 PM
Haven't seen this mentioned yet, but the worst part for me is that a lot of management LOVES to use Claude to generate 50 page design documents, PRDs, etc., and send them to us to "please review as soon as you can". Nobody reads it, not even the people making it. I'm watching some employees just generate endless slide decks of nonsense and then waffle when asked any specific questions. If any of that is read, it is by other peoples' Claude.It has also enabled a few people to write code or plan out implementation details who haven't done so in a long (sometimes decade or more) time, and so I'm getting some bizarre suggestions.
Otherwise, it really does depend on what kind of code. I hand write prod code, and the only thing that AI can do is review it and point out bugs to me. But for other things, like a throwaway script to generate a bunch of data for load testing? Sure, why not.
by viccis
3/16/2026 at 1:21:53 PM
I've been tasked with code reviews of Claude chat bot written code (not Claude code that has RAG and can browse the file system). It always lacks any understanding of our problem area, 75% of the time it only works for a specific scenario (the prompted case), and almost 100% of the time, when I comment about this, I'm told to take it over and make it work... and to use Claude.I've kind of decided this is my last job, so when this company folds or fires me, I'm just going to retire to my cabin in the rural Louisiana woods, and my wife will be the breadwinner. I only have a few 10s of thousands left to make that home "free" (pay off the mortgage, add solar and batteries, plant more than just potatoes and tomatoes).
Though, post retirement, I will support my wife's therapy practice, and I have a goal of silly businesses that are just fun to do (until they arent), like my potato/tomato hybrid (actually just a graft) so you can make fries and ketchup from the same plant!
by jermaustin1
3/16/2026 at 1:30:04 PM
>so you can make fries and ketchup from the same plant!We should be friends. I like your ideas.
by windex
3/16/2026 at 2:41:47 PM
For what is worth, I prefer the name pomato to totato.by Zecc
3/16/2026 at 3:16:33 PM
I'll keep that in mind when marketing. I was going to go with French Fry Tree.by jermaustin1
3/16/2026 at 4:38:17 PM
Name to consider: twoatos (pot- and tom-)by midnitewarrior
3/16/2026 at 3:45:26 PM
That sounds lovely. I think too many people get attached to the structure of life as they've lived it for the last n years and resist natural phase transitions for far too long. Good luck with retirement and your dream of being the botanical equivalent of the mean kid from Toy Story:pby 0_____0