Roo Code

RooCode is a better version of ClaudeCode than ClaudeCode. No affiliation, just a fan.

This absolutely captures my experience. My successful AI written projects are those where I care solely on the output and have little to no knowledge about the subject matter. When I try to walk an agent through creating anything about which I have a deeply held opinion of what good looks like, I end up frustrated and abandoning the project. I've enjoyed using roo code's architect function to document an agreed upon approach, then been delighted and frustrated in equal measure by the implementation of code mode. On revelation is to always start new tasks and avoid continuing large conversations, because I would typically tackle any problem myself in smaller steps with verifiable outputs, whereas I tend to pose the entire problem space to the agent which it invariably fails at. I've settled on spending time finding what works for me. Earlier today I took 30 minutes to add functionality to an app that would've taken me days to write. And what's more I only put 30 minutes into the diary for it, because I knew what I wanted and didn't care how it got there. This leads me to conclude that using AI to write code that a(nother) human is one day to interact with is a no-go, for all the reasons listed.

I feel silly asking, but is this reality or hyperbole?: > An agent can occupy itself for hours putzing with your tests in a VM and come back later with a PR. > Kids today don’t just use agents; they use asynchronous agents. They wake up, free-associate 13 different things for their LLMs to work on, make coffee, fill out a TPS report, drive to the Mars Cheese Castle, and then check their notifications. They’ve got 13 PRs to review. Three get tossed and re-prompted. Five of them get the same feedback a junior dev gets. And five get merged. I'm working better and harder with Roocode in Code mode (and somtimes Architect). I've only been doing it for a few weeks, and it reads to me like I'm already using an 'old approach'.

There's no way its true. Unless the devs simply don't know how to use AI. I've been using roocode for about 6 months now and I automated everything. It does in one night what would take 2-3 months by hand. There's no way its not helping good devs who can prompt ai well.