Developer Rants: Coding with AI is Like Cat and Mouse, More Time-Consuming Than Manual Coding
BLUECOW009 · x · 2026-08-11
A developer shared their frustrating experience with AI coding tools, comparing the process to a game of "cat and mouse." They pointed out that using AI currently requires constant monitoring and repeatedly asking the model to fix minor errors. Ultimately, they feel this workflow is highly time-consuming and potentially even slower than writing the code manually.
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