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I'm tired of fixing customers' AI generated code

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Re: I'm tired of fixing customers' AI generated code

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Post by jprete »

TillE wrote: post #3

I'm always a little surprised at how many people out there want to develop software yet haven't put in the effort to gain even the most basic computer nerd programming chops. You see this all the time in the more newbie-friendly game engine communities. Maybe you don't want to pursue a career in software, but anyone can spend a week learning Python or JavaScript. I suspect/hope a lot of these people are just kids who…

Coding requires a willingness to understand and manipulate systems made of unbreakable rules. Most people don't want to deal with such an uncompromising method of communication.

Re: I'm tired of fixing customers' AI generated code

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Post by cscurmudgeon »

tazu wrote: post #5

Hilariously, the target market for the author's API seems to be the same as the top post on HN today[0]: "traders". I think amateur "trading" attracts a specific brand of idiot that is high/left on the Dunning Kruger curve. While taking money from idiots is a viable (even admirable) business strategy, you may want to fully automate customer service to retain your sanity. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4130…

Out of topic, but:

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/dunning-...

> The two papers, by Dr. Ed Nuhfer and colleagues, argued that the Dunning-Kruger effect could be replicated by using random data.

Re: I'm tired of fixing customers' AI generated code

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Post by hamandcheese »

TillE wrote: post #3

I'm always a little surprised at how many people out there want to develop software yet haven't put in the effort to gain even the most basic computer nerd programming chops. You see this all the time in the more newbie-friendly game engine communities. Maybe you don't want to pursue a career in software, but anyone can spend a week learning Python or JavaScript. I suspect/hope a lot of these people are just kids who…

I think you overestimate the amount of skill a newb can quickly gain on their own. I taught myself to code, but it took a whole summer (aka free time that adults don't get) and I had access to my dad (who was a software engineer himself) to answer lots of questions.

Re: I'm tired of fixing customers' AI generated code

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Post by matrix_overload »

Well, if you are annoyed by a particular maintenance task related to your business, find a way to automate it!

In this case, you could create examples for your API in common programming languages, publish them on the product website, and even implement an automatic test that would verify that your last commit didn't break them. So, most of the non-programmer inquiries can be answered with a simple link to the examples page for the language they want.

As a bonus point, you will get some organic search traffic when people search for in .

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Post by mrbombastic »

TillE wrote: post #3

I'm always a little surprised at how many people out there want to develop software yet haven't put in the effort to gain even the most basic computer nerd programming chops. You see this all the time in the more newbie-friendly game engine communities. Maybe you don't want to pursue a career in software, but anyone can spend a week learning Python or JavaScript. I suspect/hope a lot of these people are just kids who…

A week is not anywhere close to enough to learn programming in any meaningful way for someone with no experience.

Re: I'm tired of fixing customers' AI generated code

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Post by mrbombastic »

matrix_overload wrote: post #16

Well, if you are annoyed by a particular maintenance task related to your business, find a way to automate it! In this case, you could create examples for your API in common programming languages, publish them on the product website, and even implement an automatic test that would verify that your last commit didn't break them. So, most of the non-programmer inquiries can be answered with a simple link to the example…

Funnily enough an llm is pretty good at categorizing and prioritizing support requests.
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