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Ample evidence of production software being produced with the aid of AI tools has been provided here on HN over the last year or more. This is a tiresome response. A later response says exactly what they produce.

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Most of what I see are toys. Could you point us to the examples of production software from AI? I feel like I see more "stop spamming us with AI slop" stories from open source than production software from AI. Would love some concrete examples. Specifically of major refactors or ground up projects. Not, "we just stared using AI in our production software." Because it can take a while to change the quality (better or worse) of a whole existing code base.

Sounds like you’ve got multiple ways to write off any example you’re given charged up and at the ready.

I was just asking for a non-confounded example of what was claimed. But okay.

Ok, the web portal/learning management site for the university I work at. I’m part of a small team of 5 devs but not a single one of us has developed without the use of AI tooling in two years.

I’d say it’s rarer to find a dev who doesn’t use AI tools in their arsenal these days, that’s why your question sounds so odd to me.

I imagine people who are shipping with AI aren’t talking about it. Doing so makes no business sense.

Those not shipping are talking about it.

So, “trust me bro”? When people find a good tool, the can’t stop talking about it. See all the tech conferences.

Absence of evidence, while not the only signal, is a huge fucking signal.

From what I've seen it's not even "trust me bro", but "we are having so much fun 'building', we don't have time for anything else".

"Us"??? Most of "us" don't need to be convinced that AI as a software development tool has merit. The comment literally two below my comment says that they develop banking software. At this point you can be confident that most of the software that you use that has had recent updates has been developed with the aid of AI. Its use is ubiquitous.

I didn't say AI as a software development doesn't have merit. I asked what production software was being produced from or predominantly with AI tools. I just see a lot more examples of "stop the slop" than I do of positive stories about AI being used to build something from scratch. I was hoping you had a concrete example in all of the hay. Are my expectations based on the hype too high?

That wasn't supposed to be an opportunity for you to get defensive, but an opportunity for you to show off awesome projects.

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