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harborsparrow reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming? with
Agree.
AI LLMs are just the current fad. There are a lot of other techniques in AI. IMHO, LLMs will be best where exact, correct answers for... -
harborsparrow replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.AI "assisting" programmers is indeed extremely helpful. I use it too. I think the enquiry here was whether AI agents can or will or...
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harborsparrow reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming? with
Haha.
I still don't follow this logic. Why not? Note: we're not improving the AI per se; we're improving the product - the code it writes... -
harborsparrow replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.I agree that AI will always be faster than humans, and managers will use it to generate software if it seems to save money. But because...
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harborsparrow reacted to nsaspook's post in the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming? with
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"I suspect the complexity will improve" That is the question the money is riding on, will it keep scaling or is this "as good as it... -
harborsparrow replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.My comments were in the context of whether AI can be guaranteed to perform well. AI that produces code cannot be made more reliable...
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harborsparrow reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming? with Like.
What we're talking about here is using AI to write software. The code is the product. For example, I had AI write the HTML and...
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Regarding #1, the function's basic purpose likely won't change much, but there is more that should be stated in comments than a brief...
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harborsparrow reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Like.
Things discussed in your courses don't always reflect the reality of professional programmers and the stress they are under to meet...
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harborsparrow reacted to elias001's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Like.
Wait, pseudocode is consider as legitimate form of comment. It is taught and discussed in everybody on algorithms, data structures and...
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harborsparrow reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Agree.
If the comments are sufficently succinct and well thought out, they will need updating less, if ever. (A function will generally not...
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harborsparrow reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Agree.
I was going to bring that up. Glad someone did. Now you've got lines and lines of pseudocode that does not match what the code is...
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harborsparrow reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Like.
Another point against pseudo code is updates. Often programmers fix a defect and comment about what was wrong and how they fixed it...
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harborsparrow reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Like.
IMO, pseudocode does not necessarily serve the purpose of good documentation. I don't know if there is an official, enforced...
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harborsparrow reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Like.
We had a rule that THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ANYTHING THAT BREAKS THE BUILD. The punishment was to be handed a scraper and have a go at...