AI Agents and Autocomplete still need a Human Finishing Touch

June 28, 2025 AM (Last Modified: June 28, 2025 AM)

Dohmke [GitHub CEO] described an effective workflow where AI tools generate code and submit pull requests. Developers can make immediate adjustments using their programming skills.

Matches my experience as well. A silly example. I ask AI to add padding to a div and it adds a style inline tag. Not a pt-3 class. AI has been great for getting 80% started. The rest is still up to us.

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