I'm getting real valuable work done with aider and Gemini. But it's not fun and it's not flow-state kind of work.
Aider, in my humble opinion, has some issues with its loop. It sometimes works much better just to head over to AI studio and copy and paste. Sometimes it feels like aider tries to get things done as cheaply as possible, and the AI ends up making the same mistakes over again instead of asking for more information or more context.
But it is a tool and I view it as my job to get used to the limitations and strengths of the tool. So I see my role as adapting to a useful but quirky coworker so I can focus my energy where I'm most useful.
It may help that I'm a parent of intelligent and curious little kids. So I'm used to working with smart people who aren't very experienced and I'm patient about the long term payoff of working at their level.
Aider, in my humble opinion, has some issues with its loop. It sometimes works much better just to head over to AI studio and copy and paste. Sometimes it feels like aider tries to get things done as cheaply as possible, and the AI ends up making the same mistakes over again instead of asking for more information or more context.
But it is a tool and I view it as my job to get used to the limitations and strengths of the tool. So I see my role as adapting to a useful but quirky coworker so I can focus my energy where I'm most useful.
It may help that I'm a parent of intelligent and curious little kids. So I'm used to working with smart people who aren't very experienced and I'm patient about the long term payoff of working at their level.