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		broodbucket 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) Please, yes. Half of the fun of being on HN was "Show HN: I made some random thing", which typically amounts to "look at what prompt I wrote" nowadays. I use agents every day, I'm not against it, but it completely changes the lens through which I view a project
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munksbeer 1 day ago [–]

But how would you know if someone was just lying when they added "[HUMAN-CODE]"?

broodbucket 1 day ago | [–]

People don't say when they vibe code things but it's still very obvious.

munksbeer 1 day ago | | [–]

Vibe code, maybe.

But a lot of developers use AI as a pair programmer, and I doubt you'd be able to tell the difference.

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