Developers say AI file-editing via code still feels broken

mitsuhiko complained that AI models' code-based file editing remains a poor experience, noting Claude Code's git-then-diff approach works but is inelegant, sparking a discussion with steipete on why agent file editing is so hard to get right.

2026-09-25 ~ 2026-09-25 · 2 related posts

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