Re:Businesses are in for a mighty debt hangover
by kylelahnakoski on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @07:52PM
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The greatest benefit I have seen so far is using AI for composing code in unfamiliar frameworks and languages. You do not need to read the docs. It is a stackoverflow killer.
If you already can speak the language, the best it can do is provide the boilerplate.
Re:Businesses are in for a mighty debt hangover
by SoftTalker on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @08:23PM
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I see. That makes sense. I don't compose code in unfamiliar frameworks and languages. I try as much as possible to use the frameworks and languages I know best. I got off of the treadmill of "framework of the year" chasing a while ago.
Re:Businesses are in for a mighty debt hangover
by tunesmith on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @04:28PM
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I think this is an example of how it's all different now though. Switching costs have all of a sudden decreased dramatically. There is less cost to picking the right tool for the job. Programmers that brag about having the perfect set of templates and shortcuts and that can code in their chosen language like water and so therefore have no interest in switching to any other language... they're more at risk than the ones with broader experience.
Re:Businesses are in for a mighty debt hangover
by FeepingCreature on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @03:33AM
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I've been using it for a few days. It's not very useful (to my usecases), but it is extremely fun. It's like pairing with a golden retriever.
I have templates and scaffolds for most of my reptitive work already. I feel that I'm good enough with SQL that it would take me longer to prompt an AI to write a query than it would for me to just write it.
I am open to the possibility that I'm old and set in my ways but it's been a long time since the act of writing the code has been the bottleneck in my work.