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The danger of glamourizing one shots

Scott Hanselman · 4 Feb 2026 · feeds.hanselman.com ↗

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  1. Our reading

    Impressive one-shot AI coding demos are not a good way to judge AI coding ability.

    Their wordsPeople should not be judging AI-augmented coding by "1 shots."

  2. Our reading

    Programming is essentially the craft of turning ambiguous ideas into precise, specific instructions.

    Their wordsIt's not trivial to one shot something unique, because programming is the art of making the ambiguous incredibly specific through sculpting.

  3. Our reading

    As AI takes over more of the coding process, clearly specifying goals and exercising good judgment will matter more than ever.

    Their wordsAs high-level programming cedes way to the prose compiler, making your goals and specs well understood to the ambiguity loop and showing good judgment is going to matter more than ever.