HACKER Q&A
📣 ornornor

Freelancers, how are AI agents changing your workflow?


I've noticed more freelancers integrating AI agents to handle peripheral tasks. For those using them:

1. Which specific tasks have you offloaded to AI? 2. Has this actually saved you time or just created different work? 3. What unexpected benefits or drawbacks have you encountered? 4. Has client satisfaction changed with AI-assisted deliverables?

Curious about real experiences beyond the marketing hype.

  👤 gregjor Accepted Answer ✓
Not at all. I don’t use LLMs, clearly not ready for production work and useless at complicated debugging. So far no customers asking for it either.

Had lunch today with a freelancer friend who uses AI, he’s trying to “vibe code” a simple web site so I got to hear how much time he wasted trying to make that work.

👤 anovikov
It changed my worldview negatively. I am actively preparing for involuntary early retirement which is probably looming in the coming month because my industry seems to have evaporated.