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I was with you up until you used AI.

• simonw 1y ago
  "Speaking of AI, is it any use? Well, somewhat. It writes half-useful CSS. It saves time on some things (but also makes bizarre choices on other things -- whatevs). I basically paired with it occasionally. It was OK." Hardly a ringing endorsement there! Apparently even saying "I tried AI and it was somewhat OK" is enough to summon the anti-AI comments.
  • mattl 1y ago
    Hopefully some people will read it and not use it but I don’t think that’s enough. Anyone using it for anything is the problem.
    • simonw 1y ago
      I'm definitely the problem then! https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-assisted-programming/ https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-assisted-programming/
      • mattl 1y ago
        You’re not the problem, but I don’t think there’s anything positive about AI.
      • ofrzeta 1y ago
        You are quite prolific.
  • ramesh31 1y ago
    >"Speaking of AI, is it any use? Well, somewhat. It writes half-useful CSS. It saves time on some things (but also makes bizarre choices on other things -- whatevs). I basically paired with it occasionally. It was OK." Tailwind is the key. It provides a semantic layer over CSS that LLMs can actually reason about. Otherwise it's just guessing.
    • mattl 1y ago
      Tailwind also feels way too verbose to be useful. Maybe it’s good like Bootstrap for making every site look the same.
• jacques_chester 1y ago
  Fair enough. If it makes you feel better, I have a very different project where I have deliberately avoided any AI-generated code: https://github.com/jchester/spc-kit https://github.com/jchester/spc-kit
  • mattl 1y ago
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