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Cynical Programmer Skeptical of AI Until You Check Their Tool of Choice
AI ML Post #7637, on Jan 20, 2026 in TG

Cynical Programmer Skeptical of AI Until You Check Their Tool of Choice

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A screenshot from X (Twitter) showing a post by @gfodor (gfodor.id) from 4 hours ago reading: '> cynical programmer talks about AI with skepticism and slight mockery > cites the model they use is "Claude" or "ChatGPT" Every time.' Below is a quoted tweet from Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch, verified, 5 hours ago) stating: 'Full disclosure: I mostly use Claude, and have applied it to various projects requiring Swift, JavaScript, and Python. The greatest value such tools h...' with a 'Show more' link. The meme highlights the irony of programmers publicly mocking AI while privately relying heavily on AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT for their actual work -- with Grady Booch (legendary UML co-creator and software engineering pioneer) serving as the perfect example

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  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    The five stages of AI grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, 'I only use it for boilerplate', Full Claude Opus subscription

  2. @Turok1234 5mo

    Yeah bro, TurboKimiV2.14.88_32B_thinking_Q228 is soooo much better (it will be outdated by tomorrow morning)

  3. @decide_later 5mo

    well, it's better than call it by the AI-powered IDE you use? like, "Cursor is BS"

  4. @hoodiepaws 5mo

    yeah no clue what this tweet is getting at

    1. @Sun_Serega 5mo

      https://x.com/gfodor/status/2013358798564426074 from replies it seems its about the precision of specifying the model. "Claude" is a family of models, and they might be implying that not recognizing it means they don't know what they are talking about tho OP never confirmed that to comments

    2. アレックス 5mo

      Saying you use “Claude” is like saying you use Cursor or VSCode; if you don’t know which model you’re using, it implies you aren’t actually knowledgeable about what LLM’s can and can’t do.

      1. @i_am_no_tree 5mo

        who gives a fuck (2) They're 50 shades of slop

  5. @agonyship 5mo

    So much Copium everywhere

    1. @NaNmber 5mo

      By our cto policy we are now using claude code and I must admit that it produces solid code, but you gotta go through an interview of like 30 questions regarding all edgecases (or compose a REALLY comprehensive paper on the feature on your side) + review every file it generates before accepting changes + understand patterns and the correct way of the feature integration (there are always multiple ways and it will pick the one that requires less code :). So for now my opinion is that it's a great tool for an experienced dev to lower iteration time and allow for more ideas to be tried by making refactoring magnitudes cheaper in time. However, letting beginners use this is deadly and should be gatekept by grade or something idk...

      1. @Algoinde 5mo

        I treat it as a slightly better multiselect across multiple files that supports natural language input If you don't let it design your architecture, it's solid

      2. dev_meme 5mo

        it's fine for beginners only if they use it for the first steps

      3. @paranoidPhantom 5mo

        frfr

      4. @agonyship 5mo

        No beginners have to learn how to use it properly. LLMs are a great learning tool. A first simple rule could be: do never let the ai do your exercise. Instead use it to discuss your approach and to explain things you don't understand. Also never trust it more than a human. I have good experience learning with ai.

      5. dev_meme 5mo

        Just wait till you will have 5-6 terminals with some running a bunch of sub agents inside That’s peak slop experience I worked like this in first days of January for like 12h+. Was still talking with Claude after I fall asleep Definitely can recommend, 10/10, bought second max x20, only issue is session limit now

  6. アレックス 5mo

    imagine not using Google's insanely generous Gemini 3 free tier for as long as they offer it

  7. アレックス 5mo

    I'll pay for claude when I need to

  8. アレックス 5mo

    until then I steal google compute

  9. アレックス 5mo

    I use a locally hosted LLM for anything personal (claude code has an ollama plugin) and Gemini 3 for coding with Antigravity.

  10. dev_meme 5mo

    What Opus all the way lol wtf

  11. dev_meme 5mo

    Maybe? Who cares? Money ain’t real

    1. @mrfoxy_developer 5mo

      but you must work for something that is unreal

      1. dev_meme 5mo

        Huh? Not really, just strategic initiative from ground up within a bigger project

        1. @mrfoxy_developer 5mo

          so finally bro answered me 😁

  12. dev_meme 5mo

    To do what? To prompt them and wait a day to reply and then look at code produced with many times lower quality? Thanks, nah

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