Working software developers of the Fedi, what's your relationship with AI coding (like Claude Code)?

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Don't like it. I don't use it for work.
53.4%
Don't like it. I have to use it for work.
12.4%
It's complicated. I don't use it for work.
5.3%
It's complicated. I have to use it for work.
10.7%
It's complicated. I happily use it for work.
7.6%
I like it. I don't use it for work.
1%
I like it. I have to use it for work.
0.3%
I like it. I happily use it for work.
6.6%
Other, comment below.
2.6%
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I wonder what the distribution will look like if we get to 100-200+ votes.

My hypothesis is that the more casual Fedi users are more likely to use AI coding in some way.

Update:
- Started at 28% some sort of AI Coding use at ~60 votes.
- 36% at 336 votes.

@mayintoronto I'm just absolutely astounded that there's this many professional coders who *aren't* required to use it in some form for work yet.

The enterprise-grade/enterprise-cost tools are far better than the basic stuff.

We have a monthly per-dev credit budget so literally on a prompt by prompt basis I have to decide which model to send it to, based on what I'm doing and how much budget I have left.

Claude Opus 4 is definitely the best. If I get all the context loaded right and give an essay-length prompt full of requirements, it will usually get something I can send out for code review with little corrections. It is also the most expensive by far.

Claude Sonnet and Claude Haiku are not worth using.

GPT-5 Codex High is next best and gets you 90% of what Claude does but at 1/3 the cost. I usually reach for it as my primary model.

GPT-5 Codex Medium is half the cost of High and I use it for simpler tasks or fixing up other models minor mistakes.

The whole gemini family is infuriating. It often does the right thing on the first prompt but when it gets things wrong it does it in the most infuriating, non-obvious way and once you see it, it absolutely refuses to take correction.

@lackthereof @mayintoronto A lot of actual programming takes place at real serious businesses actually making products and getting stuff done, the complete opposite of VC clownery flirting with investors or web monkey shops selling shovels to those types.

@dalias @lackthereof A lot of serious businesses are adopting it too across the size spectrum. As silly as the Claude Code source looks, there are some super legit use cases in even legacy enterprise type software. (Especially while the prices are hyper deflated to get people hooked on it.)

Is it still legit when they have to charge profitable prices? Probably not.

@mayintoronto @dalias @lackthereof Making sure that enterprise software become even more enterprisy