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> some of the tedious boiler-plate code is taken care of. For me that is the bit which stands out, I'm switching languages to TypeScript and JSX right now. Ge
by gopalv 2y ago
> some of the tedious boiler-plate code is taken care of.
For me that is the bit which stands out, I'm switching languages to TypeScript and JSX right now.
Getting copilot (+ claude) to do things is much easier when I know exactly what I want, but not here and not in this framework (PHP is more my speed). There's a bunch of stuff you're supposed to know as boilerplate and there's no time to learn it all.
I am not learning a thing though, other than how to steer the AI. I don't even know what SCSS is, but I can get by.
The UI hires are in the pipeline & they should throwaway everything I build, but right now it feels like I'm making something they should imitate in functionality/style better than a document, but not in cleanliness.
- dartos 2y agoThe idea of untangling AI generated typescript spaghetti fills me with dread. It’s as bad as untangling the last guy’s typescript spaghetti. He quit, so I can’t ask him about it either.
- thephyber 2y agoWhen you ask AI to do a thing, you at least have some minimal amount of intent — you just need to retain the prompt. Most of the time, programmers don’t record all of the assumptions and design decisions in code or documentation.
- dartos 2y agoWeird argument, but I’m down to bikeshed a bit. most of the time there’s an old ticket in the work tracker. I’d bet those tickets contain at least as much info as any prompt.