Ask HN: Are you still using AI code autocomplete?

4 pointsposted 4 hours ago
by jawuilp

Item id: 49449290

6 Comments

xpct

2 hours ago

I've used auto-complete back in 2022-2024 or so and really liked it. At one point, had to code offline and realized the speed up was mostly just a placebo in terms of productivity. I don't expect for auto-complete to have changed much, but since I don't delegate large tasks to agents, I've thought of trying it out again.

jawuilp

33 minutes ago

I get what you mean. I don't think autocomplete has changed radically either, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

What autocomplete/editor were you using when you felt the productivity gain was mostly a placebo? I've mostly used it in VS Code and a bit in Antigravity.

antoineMoPa

2 hours ago

I don't find myself needing to open a code editor anymore. I ask agents to code and review using some custom review tooling I had agents build. I bother less and less about code details.

jawuilp

31 minutes ago

Interesting, I've had almost the opposite experience. I ended up going back to a code editor because CLI agents tend to scatter my attention quite a bit, especially when working on apps with lots of different flows. I prefer a more controlled and focused environment.

Do you also delegate small changes to agents, or do you still make those manually?

chronicler

34 minutes ago

i haven't looked at code in months

jMyles

an hour ago

I miss autocomplete; it was really fun a couple of years ago.

What I'd really like is an autocomplete (or pseudo code to language-of-choice) interface, with my agent continually adding the interactions to its context, so that I can chat with it about high-level project goals as the code matures.