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If that analogy is remotely accurate, it strikes me as a strictly negative value proposition for the tool.
by jpt4 2y ago
If that analogy is remotely accurate, it strikes me as a strictly negative value proposition for the tool.
- SkyBelow 2y agoDepends upon the user. Are you fast (and confident) at evaluating the output and discarding the bad suggestions? This is why I think using AI hurts some developers and helps others, and the usefulness is best for those who already have a good deal of experience.
- ItsBob 2y agoI'm a senior developer so I spot the bullshit, like sometimes it makes up table names in the sql. Things like that. It's definitely not fire-and-forget: more like extreme autocomplete (at least that's how I use it)
- SkyBelow 2y agoI don't ever use it for fire and forget, but I've been wondering how well that might work in small side projects where hidden bugs aren't a big concern. Like using a fire and forget to spin up a small javascript game. But never in production code that I might get a 2am Saturday incident call on.
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