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I have gone past the point of giving a shit. Unless it's something I really care about the minuscule details for I'll get ChatGPT to write the main chunk of code and then fix the bugs. It's no different than having a junior dev working for you, except it's quicker and doesn't piss off to lunch or go sick when you need them.
It doesn't until it does I think.
I do so many things manually that have been successfully automated for a long time. Washing dishes, splitting firewood, grinding coffee, owning manual transmission cars, I could go on. Some things are subjectively better like splitting firewood; It's more work but quieter. Some things are objectively better; washing dished by hand are cleaner. I don't think about it too much. I guess I'll just add programming to that…
I know a lot of people who learn by looking at code and then playing with it to understand it. Generative AI is great for those people - they can quickly get code they can start with.
Different strokes for different folks.
I strongly disagree with this perspective. I have found GPT4 in particular to be very helpful in learning new programming languages and improving my overall coding. I still solve problems myself and I still read books, but GPT4 is the TA that I can have a conversation with about a piece of code. It's all about how you use it. If you just ask it to tell you complete answers or generate code on a blank page then you're…
Yeah this logic would have us writing everything in assembly and only using textbooks.
Despite the widespread availability of flatpacked IKEA style furniture, there is still the desire for the sheer joy of craftsmanship... and there is still demand for the end product.
You can use AI for learning. I know a lot of people who learn by looking at code and then playing with it to understand it. Generative AI is great for those people - they can quickly get code they can start with. Different strokes for different folks.
I have gone past the point of giving a shit. Unless it's something I really care about the minuscule details for I'll get ChatGPT to write the main chunk of code and then fix the bugs. It's no different than having a junior dev working for you, except it's quicker and doesn't piss off to lunch or go sick when you need them.
What a luddite argument! AI can show you previously unknown ways, often the pragmatic and idiomatic ways to solve problems. It can also explain code in depth. I don‘t know how I‘d have quickly mastered the shitty "drool syntax" I had the displeasure to work with today. No other tool allowed one to become fluent in a new language or framework this fast, ever before. Sounds the same like people who rejected IDEs. Or ev…