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Ganesh Joshi
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A Developer Checklist for Trusting “Breakthrough” AI Coding News

This post was created with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy before publishing.

Social feeds amplify mindblowing claims about AI coding. Some are real progress; many are misread demos or marketing. Use a simple evidence ladder before you treat a story as fact.

Primary sources first

Prefer links to Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, or arXiv papers over aggregator headlines. If the article does not link to a primary source, treat it as rumor.

Benchmarks

Ask which benchmark, which model version, and whether results are on public leaderboards you can inspect. SWE-bench and similar suites have known caveats; read the methodology PDF.

Demos versus products

A polished video is not a shipping guarantee. Distinguish research previews from APIs you can call today.

Practical takeaway

Sleep on viral posts. Your team’s architecture decisions deserve sources, not hype.

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