The big (perhaps unheralded) selling point of 'AI' code generation, that it allows developers who *don't know what they're doing* to write working code. At least at one point in time. Yeah, it's mostl...
@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... counterpoint – I’ve been coding for around 45 years. I’ve not been a “professional developer” for about 30 years but continue to use it as a tool. Personally, I’ve built a few things I’ve needed.
But it’s not *programming* I need help with. It’s the massive API surfaces of modern systems and the ways to integrate them in any reasonably complex way.
I recently built a simple Mac app using Claude. It did 100% of the coding, itself tripping over many complexities of APIs and modern language constructs.
It took me probably 4-5 hours of conversation and testing to get to a “finished” point. Without AI, I can assure you I would have given up and had nothing.
But it’s not *programming* I need help with. It’s the massive API surfaces of modern systems and the ways to integrate them in any reasonably complex way.
I recently built a simple Mac app using Claude. It did 100% of the coding, itself tripping over many complexities of APIs and modern language constructs.
It took me probably 4-5 hours of conversation and testing to get to a “finished” point. Without AI, I can assure you I would have given up and had nothing.