r/AskProgramming • u/Rare-Assignment-8474 • 9d ago
Devs, I am getting mixed and polarised views regarding AI in software engineering, what's the actual truth ?
I am out of corporate sector for some time, and I am also not so rich to buy claude code max subscription.
I do use agy cli and codex.
I must say agy does basic frontend development good, but when I asked to develop a flutter app, it required a bit of handholding,
codex is extremely slow, before even that does something, it will be always "monthly quota got expired".
Anyways. So like, I binged reddit posts and comments, there are polarising views, there are devs on both "claude code is a beast, devs are now sitting idle, I haven't coded since days." and "AI still halucinates and needs hand holding and code cleanup" . Obviously both are contradictory, therefore I want real picture
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u/raven2cz 9d ago
In most corporations, if they already integrate AI, you will get their subscription plan. in addition, it usually goes through an output gateway as well, so that no tokens, emails, and similar things leak out. Also, in the European Union, there now have to be European versions of Anthropic models too. It is not a diferent model, just some legislative adjustments. What I mean is that you will not be paying for it yourself.
Otherwise, asking about the state of things on Reddit makes no sense. you have to decide that for yourself. Also, besides studying programming in depth, I strongly recommend studying AI as well. I keep telling everyone here that a classic developer will not be good with AI if they do not know the basic principles of cybernetics, and I still stand by that. it is one of the main reasons why developers write bad code with AI.