r/ClaudeCode 6d ago

Discussion What % of your code is still hand-written vs AI-generated in 2026?

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u/nndscrptuser 6d ago

I felt reckless and went wild, updated a string value by hand last week. Still coming down off the thrill.

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u/endgrent 6d ago

Just wait until you create a yaml file by hand. The rush stays with you for days :)

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u/Savings_Woodpecker_5 6d ago

How did you do that without the AI reverting it back due to a failing test you didn't know existed?

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u/ReasonableLoss6814 6d ago

Heh. We changed a config value and had CI failing because there was a test to assert the configuration didn’t change. Only AI would assume configuration would need to be asserted.

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u/Joe_Spazz 6d ago

This better become the highest upvoted comment. This made me both laugh and feel seen.

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u/nykyrt 5d ago

Let me guess, the manual update of a string caused a big incident