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Tell HN: My child's first program

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Re: Tell HN: My child's first program

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Post by jvm___ »

So. I made a deal with my kids that they could have a phone if they made an app. There's enough youtube tutorials and they're old enough to follow them. I could have helped them more over the summer, but we didn't get it done.

Now ChatGPT will generate the flutter code for an app in seconds, as well as guide you with 'show me how to install flutter'. It's crazy that all the code is written for you. I tried one of their timer/todo list ideas and it generated the code, I just need to install flutter and run it today. So a summer long project of learning to code has been reduced to copy-paste instructions from an AI chat bot. Crazy times.

Re: Tell HN: My child's first program

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Post by ivraatiems »

napolux wrote: post #6

no tests, no ci, no dockerization, no deploy on the cloud NO HIRE for me

Counterpoint: Good variable names, concise and readable. Really conveys that you fart, I don't think I could escape knowing that having read this. Shows initiative - she did this on her own.

I think we could bring her on as a junior.

Re: Tell HN: My child's first program

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Post by highfrequency »

jvm___ wrote: post #11

So. I made a deal with my kids that they could have a phone if they made an app. There's enough youtube tutorials and they're old enough to follow them. I could have helped them more over the summer, but we didn't get it done. Now ChatGPT will generate the flutter code for an app in seconds, as well as guide you with 'show me how to install flutter'. It's crazy that all the code is written for you. I tried one of the…

Is the ChatGPT sample code/tutorials much better than the tutorials that can be found on Google?
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