Ask HN: Anyone know of that "levels of AI programming" blog post?

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• $nivertech a month ago

  The Five Levels: From spicy autocomplete to the dark factory

  https://www.danshapiro.com/blog/2026/01/the-five-levels-from...

  January 23, 2026

  72 comments

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46739117

  There are several other similar posts/videos. Steve Yegge also talks about it.

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  • $metadat a month ago

    Don't forget the techniques, tactics, and procedures: https://factory.strongdm.ai

• $late_night_fix a month ago

  I feel like we're moving toward needing a standard for this. "Level of AI involvement" could easily become part of project documentation norms.

• $asifbc2552 a month ago

  Sure!

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  • $tuvix a month ago

    Do you happen to have the link?

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    • $gnabgib a month ago

      The 8 Levels of Agentic Engineering (277 points, 1 month ago, 129 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47320614

      https://www.bassimeledath.com/blog/levels-of-agentic-enginee...

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      • $tuvix a month ago

        Thank you!

• $prkrecovery2 a month ago

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