A korrentour reading

Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop.

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What Mitchell Hashimoto actually said

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Mitchell Hashimoto 5 Feb 2026

Immediately cease trying to perform meaningful work via a chatbot (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini on the web, etc.). Chatbots have real value and are a daily part of my AI workflow, but their utility in coding is highly limited because you're mostly hoping they come up with the right results based on their prior training, and correcting them involves a human (you) to tell them they're wrong repeatedly.

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Customising an operating system by asking an agent replaces esoteric config syntax as the way customisation actually works.

Customising a system by asking an agent for it is precisely the chat-shaped interface Hashimoto argues is the wrong tool once the work becomes meaningful.

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