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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by Izkata on Friday December 06, 2024 @03:48AM (#42337732)
From the abstract that definitely sounds like he meant "incidental": Something that's a necessary consequence of previous work and / or the necessary but simpler part of the work.
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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by mjburgess on Friday December 06, 2024 @03:51AM (#42337751)
It's Aristotelian language. Accidental means a feature which isn't constitutive (of the activity).
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