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> Can I trust code that comes from StackOverflow? Yes. Not no. YES. That code has been vetted to some degree more than zero. I've experienced critical producti
by golergka 4y ago
> Can I trust code that comes from StackOverflow? Yes. Not no. YES. That code has been vetted to some degree more than zero.
I've experienced critical production bugs by using the most voted answer on Stack Overflow. Here's the detailed description: https://github.com/golergka/pg-tx#why-use-this-package https://github.com/golergka/pg-tx#why-use-this-package
- yoyohello13 4y agoThis just proves the point that you should always know what’s going into your codebase. I feel like the people who copy-paste from stack overflow and wonder why their stuff is broken are the same people who think LLMs can just write their whole codebase. It’s laziness masquerade as productivity.
- golergka 4y agoLaziness is a developer's virtue. Find a better way to do your job instead of working hard.
- therealdrag0 4y agoEh. That’s a saying but it’s not a good one. Building expertise and producing quality takes hard work. Working smart instead of hard is not lazy and calling it lazy feels like redefining the term to be quaint.
- satisfice 4y agoThat is an exception to a heuristic. Do you think the fact that it is possible to go wrong with Stack Overflow proves there is no difference between a human community, with traceable and persistent identities relating to each other, and ChatGPT, which relates to no one and has absolutely no accountability? I don't believe you think that.