Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?

kept by eddie sep 18

The post questions the need for another AI-powered coding assistant named Astra, arguing it duplicates existing tools without clear advantage.

Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?
Armin Ronacher argues that Astra’s token‑efficient coding yields unreadable slop, wasting effort and challenging its usefulness for real software engineering.
also on Astra, #ai-coding, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
Prompt Evals Alone Are Useless
Prompt evaluations by themselves cannot ensure LLM app quality; you must test the entire system—harness, memory, and UI—through code-driven scenarios.
also on Astra, #ai-coding, #software-engineering, #developer-tools