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> I wonder if the future will just be software hobbled together with shitty AI code that no one understands, with long loops and deep call stacks and abstractio
by Bjartr 4y ago
> I wonder if the future will just be software hobbled together with shitty AI code that no one understands, with long loops and deep call stacks and abstractions on top of abstractions
There's plenty of software out there that fits this description if you just remove "AI" from the statement. There's nothing new about bad codebases. Now it just costs pennies and is written in seconds instead of thousands paid to an outsourcing middleman firm that takes weeks or months to turn it around.
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- greesil 4y agoAt least the shitty software might have unit tests
- osigurdson 4y agoGPT can write pretty good unit tests imo.
- SparkyMcUnicorn 4y agoAgreed. It knows what something is supposed to do fairly well.
- serpix 4y agoco-pilot excels in writing tests. It removes so much of the tedium and boilerplate. It seems to understand fixtures once you define one and understands subsequent changes to the boilerplate such as changing usernames, ids, appending items to lists. It is such a massive boost in productivity that those using it are way ahead of those who resist.
- greesil 4y agoThat's great. I've done something much similar with other tools. It certainly helps automate the drudgery in writing tests for code that I understand and wrote.