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AI Stole the Joy of Programming

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Re: AI Stole the Joy of Programming

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Post by andix »

I don't agree. Copilot/etc is kind of worthless for me, it creates so many issues that I've never bothered to work with it.

AI is awesome for solving issues, asking it questions about code, asking for possible solutions. But maybe I'm just fast at writing code that actually solves the problem, so I don't need an AI to code for me.

Re: AI Stole the Joy of Programming

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Post by bowsamic »

I've taken the simple solution: if I want to enjoy programming for programming's sake, I turn copilot off. If I want to be careful and understand the problem and its solution in detail, I turn copilot off. If I simply want to get a toy project done and don't care at all about the implementation process, I might leave it on.

I've had an absolutely magical experience with copilot though. I honestly find it a bit strange when others say it has just been bad for them

Re: AI Stole the Joy of Programming

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Post by KaoruAoiShiho »

andix wrote: post #3

I don't agree. Copilot/etc is kind of worthless for me, it creates so many issues that I've never bothered to work with it. AI is awesome for solving issues, asking it questions about code, asking for possible solutions. But maybe I'm just fast at writing code that actually solves the problem, so I don't need an AI to code for me.

It looks like your problem is you ask AI to solve problems instead of actually code extensive functionality.

Re: AI Stole the Joy of Programming

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Post by m3rc »

KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #7
andix wrote: post #3

I don't agree. Copilot/etc is kind of worthless for me, it creates so many issues that I've never bothered to work with it. AI is awesome for solving issues, asking it questions about code, asking for possible solutions. But maybe I'm just fast at writing code that actually solves the problem, so I don't need an AI to code for me.

It looks like your problem is you ask AI to solve problems instead of actually code extensive functionality.

What does that mean

Re: AI Stole the Joy of Programming

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Post by ergonaught »

Freak_NL wrote: post #2

'AI Stole the Joy of Programming' is not quite the title that blog post has.

I assumed from the actual title that there wouldn't be any content worth reading and stopped there. It's funny to call the false HN title "clickbait" but I did click that one and wouldn't have clicked the other.
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