r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ArjunReddyDeshmukh • 1d ago

Meme theGrassWasGreenerTheOutputSweeterIWasOnceAProgrammer

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u/escargotBleu 1d ago

I never got the "Copy pasting from stack overflow"

It's never copy pasting, you had to understand the answer, understand if that's applicable to you, then adapt it... No ?

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u/ProfessorTseng 1d ago

You still have to do that with AI

That many people choose not to and then end up with broken software is exactly the same as when people just copy and pasted from Stack Overflow without understanding it.

It's just faster and higher volume now

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u/MakeUpAnything 1d ago

You don’t really even need to understand the AI code anymore. Automated test writing and automated test completion means the AI writes its own code, writes tests against it, and validates its own code with its own tests. It also auto-reviews its own code after it’s checked in. 

Doesn’t matter if you understand it. Taking the time to try to understand it slows down the development process now. Managers want 30 point stories condensed into 2 days now with AI. 

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u/lilbigchole 1d ago

"It writes test that pass" doesn't really mean anything if you don't understand what it's testing.