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[-] notannpc@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

AI is at its most useful in the early stages of a project. Imagine coming to the fucking ssh project with AI slop thinking it has anything of value to add ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The early stages of a project is exactly where you should really think hard and long about what exactly you do want to achieve, what qualities you want the software to have, what are the detailed requirements, how you test them, and how the UI should look like. And from that, you derive the architecture.

AI is fucking useless at all of that.

In all complex planned activities, laying the right groundwork and foundations is essential for success. Software engineering is no different. You won't order a bricklayer apprentice to draw the plan for a new house.

And if your difficulty is in lacking detailed knowledge of a programming language, it might be - depending on the case ! - the best approach to write a first prototype in a language you know well, so that your head is free to think about the concerns listed in paragraph 1.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

the best approach to write a first prototype in a language you know well

Ok, writing a web browser in POSIX shell using yad now.

I'm going back to TurboBASIC.

[-] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

writing a web browser in POSIX shell

Not HTML but the much simpler Gemini protocol - well you could have a look at Bollux, a Gemini client written im shell, or at ereandel:

https://github.com/kr1sp1n/awesome-gemini?tab=readme-ov-file#terminal

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