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Most of what I see are toys. Could you point us to the examples of production software from AI? I feel like I see more "stop spamming us with AI slop" stories f

by daveguy 9mo ago

Most of what I see are toys. Could you point us to the examples of production software from AI? I feel like I see more "stop spamming us with AI slop" stories from open source than production software from AI. Would love some concrete examples. Specifically of major refactors or ground up projects. Not, "we just stared using AI in our production software." Because it can take a while to change the quality (better or worse) of a whole existing code base.

jama211 9mo ago
Sounds like you’ve got multiple ways to write off any example you’re given charged up and at the ready.
- daveguy 9mo ago
  I was just asking for a non-confounded example of what was claimed. But okay.
  - jama211 9mo ago
    Ok, the web portal/learning management site for the university I work at. I’m part of a small team of 5 devs but not a single one of us has developed without the use of AI tooling in two years. I’d say it’s rarer to find a dev who doesn’t use AI tools in their arsenal these days, that’s why your question sounds so odd to me.
willtemperley 9mo ago
I imagine people who are shipping with AI aren’t talking about it. Doing so makes no business sense. Those not shipping are talking about it.
- techblueberry 9mo ago
  So, “trust me bro”? When people find a good tool, the can’t stop talking about it. See all the tech conferences. Absence of evidence, while not the only signal, is a huge fucking signal.
  - Ronsenshi 9mo ago
    From what I've seen it's not even "trust me bro", but "we are having so much fun 'building', we don't have time for anything else".
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doug_durham 9mo ago
"Us"??? Most of "us" don't need to be convinced that AI as a software development tool has merit. The comment literally two below my comment says that they develop banking software. At this point you can be confident that most of the software that you use that has had recent updates has been developed with the aid of AI. Its use is ubiquitous.
- daveguy 9mo ago
  I didn't say AI as a software development doesn't have merit. I asked what production software was being produced from or predominantly with AI tools. I just see a lot more examples of "stop the slop" than I do of positive stories about AI being used to build something from scratch. I was hoping you had a concrete example in all of the hay. Are my expectations based on the hype too high? That wasn't supposed to be an opportunity for you to get defensive, but an opportunity for you to show off awesome projects.
szundi 9mo ago
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by daveguy 9mo ago

jama211 9mo ago

Sounds like you’ve got multiple ways to write off any example you’re given charged up and at the ready.

daveguy 9mo ago
I was just asking for a non-confounded example of what was claimed. But okay.
- jama211 9mo ago
  Ok, the web portal/learning management site for the university I work at. I’m part of a small team of 5 devs but not a single one of us has developed without the use of AI tooling in two years. I’d say it’s rarer to find a dev who doesn’t use AI tools in their arsenal these days, that’s why your question sounds so odd to me.

willtemperley 9mo ago

I imagine people who are shipping with AI aren’t talking about it. Doing so makes no business sense. Those not shipping are talking about it.

techblueberry 9mo ago
So, “trust me bro”? When people find a good tool, the can’t stop talking about it. See all the tech conferences. Absence of evidence, while not the only signal, is a huge fucking signal.
- Ronsenshi 9mo ago
  From what I've seen it's not even "trust me bro", but "we are having so much fun 'building', we don't have time for anything else".
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doug_durham 9mo ago

"Us"??? Most of "us" don't need to be convinced that AI as a software development tool has merit. The comment literally two below my comment says that they develop banking software. At this point you can be confident that most of the software that you use that has had recent updates has been developed with the aid of AI. Its use is ubiquitous.

daveguy 9mo ago
I didn't say AI as a software development doesn't have merit. I asked what production software was being produced from or predominantly with AI tools. I just see a lot more examples of "stop the slop" than I do of positive stories about AI being used to build something from scratch. I was hoping you had a concrete example in all of the hay. Are my expectations based on the hype too high? That wasn't supposed to be an opportunity for you to get defensive, but an opportunity for you to show off awesome projects.

szundi 9mo ago

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