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Re:Replacing a SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts by contravariant on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @06:57PM (#34525952)
I think I saw a comic years ago detailing a discussion that went something like this:

A: Eventually we won't need programmers people will just tell the computer what they need and it will generate the code for them.

B: True, there's actually already an industry term for a specification that's detailed enough to generate a working program from.

A: Oh, what is it called?

B: Code.

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Re:Replacing a SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts by ivegotnoaccount on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:34AM (#34532972)
Yup. I think it was from Commitstrip.

edit: found it. https://www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/25/a-very-comprehensi...?

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Re:Replacing a SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts by contravariant on Thursday January 26, 2023 @07:25PM (#34540857)
Yeah that's the one.
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Re:Replacing a SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts by ethbr0 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:55PM (#34539444)
People don't realize how imprecise specs can be until they have this conversation for the first time.

"Okay, I understand what to do when {thing} happens. What do you want done when {not thing} happens?"

"Oh, umm..."

"{Not thing} can happen, right?"

"Oh yeah, all the time."

"So was the plan when it does?"

"I'm not sure..."

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