"Working with Gen AI" by Dandytoon

Yeah, in the time I describe the problem to the AI I could program it myself.

In my experience, you can't expect it to deliver great working code, but it can always point you in the right direction.
There were some situations in which I just had no idea on how to do something, and it pointed me to the right library. The code itself was flawed, but with this information, I could use the library documentation and get it to work.

My dad's re-learning Python coding for work rn, and AI saves him a couple of times; Because he'd have no idea how to even start but AI points him in the right direction, mentioning the correct functions to use and all. He can then look up the details in the documentation.

This is the experience of a senior developer using genai. A junior or non-dev might not leave the "AI is magic" high until they have a repo full of garbage that doesn't work.

AI in the current state of technology will not and cannot replace understanding the system and writing logical and working code.

GenAI should be used to get a start on whatever you're doing, but shouldn't be taken beyond that.

Treat it like a psychopathic boiler plate.

Gen AI is best used with languages that you don't use that much. I might need a python script once a year or once every 6 months. Yeah I learned it ages ago, but don't have much need to keep up on it. Still remember all the concepts so I can take the time to describe to the AI what I need step by step and verify each iteration. This way if it does make a mistake at some point that it can't get itself out of, you've at least got a script complete to that point.

Why is the AI speaking in a bisexual gradient?

Except AI doesn't say "Is this it?"

It says, "This is it."

Without hesitation and while showing you a picture of a dog labeled cat.

When I used to try and ask AI for help, most of the time it would just give me fake command combinations or reference some made-up documentation

My workmate literally used copilot to fix a mistake in our websocket implementation today.

It made one line of change.. turned it it made the problem worse

It’s almost like working with shitty engineers.

I guess whether it's worth it depends on whether you hate writing code or reading code the most.

So what it’s really like is only having to do half the work?

Sounds good, reduced workload without some unrealistic expectation of computers doing everything for you.

Code is the most in depth spec one can provide. Maybe someday we'll be able to iterate just by verbally communicating and saying "no like this", but it doesn't seem like we're quite there yet. But also, will that be productive?

Anti Commercial-AI license

Skill issue tbh

From a person who does zero coding. It's a godsend.

It's interesting the AI of the past and the AI now.

Still, you get there in two-thirds of the time. I'll leave it to people with the budget for CoPilot to say if it feels like less work.

My new favourite is asking GitHub copilot (which I would not pay for out of my own pocket) why the code I'm writing isn't working as intended and it asks me to show it the code that I already provided.

I do like not having copy and paste the same thing 5 times with slight variations (something it usually does pretty well until it doesn't and I need a few minutes to find the error)

Working with any sort of generative AI makes me want to cunt punt someone, as someone who's expertise is in that field among others.

Can relate