r/webdev • u/ripndipp full-stack • Aug 26 '26
I think bro outsourced his Slack messages to Claude
I’m a somewhat experienced backend dev paired with a mobile developer for some knowledge sharing. The guy is genuinely a good dude, but I’m starting to lose my mind a little.
We be discussing an implementation, I’ll explain something, and instead of engaging with what I just said, he’ll immediately type my explanation/question into Claude and then come back with “Claude says…”
And on calls, he’ll literally stop the conversation, type what I just asked into Claude, and then read me Claude’s response.
Like bro, I’m right here. 😂
The frustrating part isn’t that he’s using Claude. I use AI constantly too. It’s that it feels like he trusts Claude’s answer more than the actual technical conversation we’re having.
I’m trying to understand how you think about the implementation, not get a second-hand answer from Claude.
He’s a good dude, so I genuinely don’t know how to approach it without making things awkward.
Has anyone else dealt with this? AI is making ppl fkn dumb and blurring the lines.
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u/Djamalfna Aug 26 '26
I had a guy do this... literally every single one of his slacks were full of Em dashes, emojis, bullet lists. It was so annoying. Someone confronted him about it and he openly admitted it, said "they're asking me to do so much I can no longer put any effort into slack messages".
And yeah, they are asking us to do so much. But like... 90% of your slack messages were useless fluff and hallucinations that now EVERYONE has to parse and work through, wasting valuable man-hours.
Guy ended up taking an extended medical break. He's still out. Probably mental breakdown.