@charliermarsh: For uv/ty/Ruff, I think the answer is kind of circular: as soon as reading the code stops revealing meaningful problems…
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Charlie Marsh discusses the threshold for trusting AI-generated code in tools like uv and Ruff, suggesting that improvements in models, harnesses, and verification are needed before he stops manually reviewing the code.
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For uv/ty/Ruff, I think the answer is kind of circular: as soon as reading the code stops revealing meaningful problems. Likely solved by a mix of better models, better harnesses, better verification, and overcoming my own skill issues.
Theo - t3.gg (@theo): How much better do the models have to get before you’ll stop reading the code?
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