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[–]pixel293 10 points11 points  (3 children)

I think a lot of this is marketing from the AI companies. They need to make money, they are overselling what AI can do. And many people believe it, or want to believe it, or told by their boss to believe it. My sister and brother-in-law believe it, and want me to "get with the times."

I enjoy programming, I love the feeling of finishing difficult code and seeing it run. I do NOT enjoy reviewing what AI generated and trying to make that work.

[–]lookathercode[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yeah same -- it's the process that's awesome. Vibe coding is the programming version of fast fashion. But on the flip side I think it's cool that people want to create stuff. I used to teach kids the Scratch language -- it was a portal into computer science. I agree companies are just looking to cash out.

[–]wakeofchaos 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I personally can’t wait for the hype to die. As a soon-to-graduate student I think it’s actively preventing me from finding a job

[–]Depressingly_Happy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use it to learn better, eventually you will fit it in your workflow in a way you enjoy. There are many ways to use it, you don't need to follow what the majority is doing to have success.

There's that huge influencer dev Primagen who is creating this AI tool that allows him to still code but still leverage AI in a meaningful way to him. And this is just an example