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Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by matsemann on Monday January 12, 2026 @04:28AM (#46586073)
> with no detectable benefit to the user

Except the fact that the idioms and patterns used means that I can jump in and understand any part of the codebase, as I know it will be wired up and work the same as any other part.

Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by dspillett on Monday January 12, 2026 @06:19AM (#46586950)
I think here “to the user” is referring to the end user, not the programmer (the user of the coding style). There is a comprehension benefit for the team working on the code, but there is no direct¹ benefit to the end user.

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[1] The indirect benefits of there possibly being a faster release cadence and/or fewer bugs, could also be for many other reasons.

Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by matsemann on Monday January 12, 2026 @07:03AM (#46587291)
But you could say the same about tests, documentation, CI, issue trackers or really any piece of technology used. So it's not a very interesting statement if so.
Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by mvkel on Monday January 12, 2026 @05:40PM (#46595214)
> tests, documentation, CI, issue trackers

Exactly. In many engineering camps, it's not unreasonable to say that almost all of this has no benefit to the end-user, even indirectly.

https://agilemanifesto.org/