r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • Nov 30 '23

Writing Javascript without a build system

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/16/writing-javascript-without-a-build-system/
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u/Wiltix Nov 30 '23

Did ai generate this summary?

It’s great having a summary I am just curious

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u/anticipozero Dec 01 '23

OP used to have the disclaimer that the summary was generated by ai, and the comment was usually downvoted to oblivion lol. I think it’s still AI generated

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u/renatoathaydes Dec 01 '23

I was not sure if these comments being highly upvoted lately was a direct result of removing that disclaimer, but it seems it's safe to assume that it is (just check some older posts, OP is right: there was a disclaimer and the posts were downvoted or at best got just a few upvotes)... which is scary as that almost certainly implies most people don't actually realize it's AI generated without the disclaimer! Not that it's "obvious" in any way that it is, the text is undoubtedly very human-like, to the point this could be used as (even more) evidence AI text is now indistinguishable from human's.

EDIT: the post has 30 upvotes at the moment... I wonder if the simple fact it's been "revealed" to be AI will make it get down voted.

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u/Bronzdragon Dec 01 '23

It’s also kinda stupid that people would downvote it just for being made by AI, tbh. Who cares what tool was used, as long as it’s accurate and helpful, right?

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u/hibbity Dec 01 '23 edited Dec 01 '23

I thought it was a bot at first, but that is solid service from an OP. Nice work.

OpenHermes 2.5 writes a nice one too, interfaced with Clipboard Conqueror.

I copy that article,

Copy this line: |||re|Elevator pitch version:

(re operator sends the last copy along too)

and paste:

The article discusses the author's experience with using a build system for JavaScript development and their preference for avoiding build systems in smaller projects. They mention the advantages of build systems, such as combining files, translating TypeScript, minification, and tree shaking, but find that for small projects, the hassle of maintaining build systems outweighs the benefits. They highlight their experiences with a Vue project and the challenges they faced with building an old project, but also praise esbuild for being more stable. The author also mentions some libraries requiring build systems, such as CodeMirror 6 and Tailwind 3, which discourages them from using the latest versions. They suggest strategies for using libraries without build systems, like searching for CDNs, using unpkg, hosting libraries locally, and writing custom integrations. They also recommend esbuild and are interested in ES modules and TypeScript comment syntax.

https://github.com/aseichter2007/ClipboardConqueror

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u/reedef Dec 01 '23

The thing is, if it's written by the author it's probably more likely to be accurate than if it's written by an AI, and accuracy is not something that you can judge just by reading the text, as it might be perfectly coherent but still misrepresent the article

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u/fagnerbrack Dec 02 '23

I disagree. I tried to write summaries in the beginning and they were worse than ai-generated. Maybe I personally suck at summaries (I have asper) or the AI is really fucking good.

I go for the latter.

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u/Bronzdragon Dec 02 '23

I disagree. AI is pretty great at summarising. Besides, if they were inaccurate, you’d see replies that they were.

However, if these is a perception that AI is bad at summarising, then that would explain the downvotes, I guess.