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What I have enjoyed about programming is being able to get the computer to do exactly what I want. The possibilities are bounded by only what I can conceive in
by polishdude20 9mo ago
What I have enjoyed about programming is being able to get the computer to do exactly what I want. The possibilities are bounded by only what I can conceive in my mind. I feel like with AI that can happen faster.
- testaccount28 9mo ago> get the computer to do exactly what I want. > with AI that can happen faster. well, not exactly that.
- polishdude20 9mo agoFor simple things it can. But then for more complex things that's where I step it
- chrisjj 9mo agoHave you an example of getting a coding chatbot to do exactly what you want?
- audience_mem 9mo agoIs this a joke? Are you genuinely implying that no one has ever got an LLM to write code that does exactly what they want?
- chrisjj 9mo agoNo. Mashing up other peoples' code scraped from the web is not what I'd call writing code.
- audience_mem 9mo agoCan you not see how you truly, deep down, are afraid you might be wrong? It's clouding your vision.
- simonw 9mo agohttps://gisthost.github.io/?a41ce6304367e2ced59cd237c576b817/page-001.html https://gisthost.github.io/?a41ce6304367e2ced59cd237c576b817... - which built https://github.com/datasette/datasette-transactions https://github.com/datasette/datasette-transactions exactly the way I wanted it to be built
- audience_mem 9mo agoThe problem with replying to the proof-demanders is that they'll always pick it apart and find some reason it doesn't fit their definition. You must be familiar with that at this point.
- chrisjj 9mo agoWorse, they might even attempt to verify your claims e.g. "When AI 'builds a browser,' check the repo before believing the hype" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/cursor_opinion/ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/cursor_opinion/
- chrisjj 9mo ago> exactly the way I wanted it to be built You verified each line?
- mlrtime 9mo agoWhat? Why would you want to? See this is a perfect example of OPs statement! I don't care about the lines, I care about the output! It was never about the lines of code. Your comment makes it very clear there are different viewpoints here. We care about problem->solution. You care about the actual code more than the solution.
- chrisjj 9mo ago> I don't care about the lines, I care about the output! It was never about the lines of code. > Your comment makes it very clear there are different viewpoints here. Agreed. I care that code output not include leaked secrets, malware installation, stealth cryptomining etc. Some others don't.