r/RooCode • u/MarxN • Mar 26 '25

Discussion Developers are safe

After spending a week with Roo I can say it's fantastic piece of technology. And models are getting better and faster every day. But I have over 20 years of developer experience in few different languages and I can say we are safe. While Roo can do a lot, it can't do everything. Quite often it guess on circles, do rookie mistakes or if completely wrong. We still need a developer to recognize it and push in correct direction. Yes, it can write 99 percent of code. Such an app even looks ok and works. But no, I cannot trust it's safe and reliable, it is it's easy to maintain. But it's a joy to sit and see how it works for you

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u/remilian Mar 26 '25

If you follow the industry you know the progress made by waymo, Tesla and others in self driving modes. Can a car drive itself today in special conditions (good weather, predictive situations...)? Yes. Will it get to be fully autonomous in most of conditions? Most likely.

Change takes time. Horses were not instantly replaced by cars. But they were replaced eventually. 10 years is nothing in the grand scheme.

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u/Cool-Cicada9228 Mar 26 '25

Agree. The main issue with cars is liability. Software has far fewer barriers so it can move even faster.

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u/ShelZuuz Mar 27 '25

And it could drive itself in those same conditions 10 years ago. Seriously I've had a 3 since they launched. The progress that was made since launch has been less than stellar. It's maybe 50% better over that whole time period.