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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 w_for_wumbo »

I'd be tempted to just roll with the AI generated endpoints/hallucinations. If it's presenting me statistically probable names that make sense after absorbing the world's knowledge, I'm tempted to lean into that, instead of insisting that I have it right. Correct names don't succeed as often as useful names do.

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

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Post by TillE »

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 haven't gotten there yet.

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

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Post by pocketarc »

w_for_wumbo wrote: post #2

I'd be tempted to just roll with the AI generated endpoints/hallucinations. If it's presenting me statistically probable names that make sense after absorbing the world's knowledge, I'm tempted to lean into that, instead of insisting that I have it right. Correct names don't succeed as often as useful names do.

That's a great idea, but I think the main problem is that the generated endpoints/properties will be affected quite heavily by whatever the prompt/context was.

AI isn't necessarily saying "this is the one endpoint that will always be generated". Unless it is - if the customer generated code is always the same endpoints/properties then it'd definitely make sense to also support those.

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

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Post by tazu »

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=41308599

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

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Post by cratermoon »

There's already a big market for taking out AI garbage, and it expect it to grow as the AI bubble bursts. The best thing a consultant can do today is learn the common issues and failure modes of AI generated code.

Providing an API service to customers means you will get terrible client code. Sometimes it's dumb stuff like not respecting rate limits and responding to errors by just trying again. One option, if you don't want to fix it yourself, is to partner with a consultant who will take it on, send your customers to them. Bill (or set your API access rates) appropriately.

Sometimes you have to fire customers. Really bad ones that cost more than they bring in are prime candidates for firing, or for introducing to your "Enterprise Support Tier".

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