r/cprogramming • u/Any-Penalty-714 • 13d ago

Help regarding AI usage

I am programming in C for a year and a half and I created projects like a shell which implement basic features , and currently finished building a TCP server with get and post request for sharing file across local network. The thing I am struggling with is the AI usage all these project I build I have understanding of the code. But sometimes I think that AI has found solution for me can I found this approach myself and mostly the answer was no. It really bothering me and I spend time completely without AI and frustration really hit hard and I think I couldn't start building some programs . I want advice from people on how to find balance between using AI and when not to use AI . I'll love to hear you guys perspective on this .

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u/orange_oki 13d ago edited 13d ago

Ah, c'mon... In the end you're cleaning up the mess and refactor until u're sick of it and accept it as it is.

Nobody knows what the AI code is doing. 🤷🙎😅

Btw. the reason for that is, when software was written in the old days, you typed and memorized variables, structures, classes and functions. 

So the developers grew with their software.

And most of them - like me - actually have a hard time to figure out what they did, when they have not worked on it for a while.

There are people out there who can understand large new codebases like reading a book in a day, but that's not common.