About whether AI now generates full-stack apps that run first try, re Debian AI policy.
Has this happened?
Yes 106 (83%)Not sure 6 (5%)No 15 (12%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether AI now generates full-stack apps that run first try, re Debian AI policy.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
now, AI is generating whole stack applications that run from the first try
I sincerely doubt that, because it still can't even generate a few hundred line script that runs on the first try. I would know, I just tried yesterday. The first attempt was using hallucinated APIs and while I did get it to work eventually, I don't think it can one shot a complex application if it can't one shot a simple script.
IMO, AI has already stagnated and isn't significantly better than it was 3 years ago. I don't see how it's supposed to get better still when the improvement has already stopped.