Ask HN: What is the AI setup for an experienced dev starting on a new project?
3•postexitus•1h ago
I have been working as a software developer for more than 20 years now. Been around the block a few times. Thanks to generous allowances in my current place, I've dipped my toes into LLM world and am quite impressed with it. However, we are on a legacy code base, LLM impact is limited in a sense. If I was to start a new project (let's say a web app with backend) - what is the state of the art for the setup? From Issue tracking, CI, automated deployments, agents, documentation etc - is there some blueprint I can just deploy and know that I am standing on the shoulders of giants?
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CobaltFire•1h ago
Very interested in the answers, as I'm in a similar situation.
Cofounder is using agents, I'm directly interacting with Claude and Codex. Self hosted forgejo due to Github issues.
postexitus•57m ago
What is your CI like? Do you auto deploy somewhere?
CobaltFire•49m ago
This is where I show my ignorance.
I'm coming to modern software development late. My experience was in things which were in the mini-computer and COBOL genre of machines, or on things that were so tightly controlled that the review process for one change could take a year (combat aircraft and drones).
So CI/CD is something I'm actually trying to grasp because it feels so alien to me.
CobaltFire•1h ago
Cofounder is using agents, I'm directly interacting with Claude and Codex. Self hosted forgejo due to Github issues.
postexitus•57m ago
CobaltFire•49m ago
I'm coming to modern software development late. My experience was in things which were in the mini-computer and COBOL genre of machines, or on things that were so tightly controlled that the review process for one change could take a year (combat aircraft and drones).
So CI/CD is something I'm actually trying to grasp because it feels so alien to me.
All that to say: Don't currently have any.