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Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?

2023 Juneendisneigh

About tips for coding with ChatGPT, and whether writing code is the real bottleneck.

I've used GPT-4 before it changed, and though impressive, writing code has never been the bottleneck for me personally. When these things can understand the business requirements and tell me what I should be building and why, with detailed sensible reasoning then I'll be hyped.

An AI understands business requirements and tells a developer what to build and why, with detailed, sensible reasoning.

Has this happened?

Yes 51 (40%)Not sure 26 (20%)No 51 (40%)

Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.