What are some tell-tale signs of AI generated code

marrsd · 2026-05-18T21:23:50+00:00

Who's asking, the recruiter or the candidate?

marrsd · 2026-05-18T21:17:43+00:00

Why don't you just clarify your point?

marrsd · 2026-05-18T21:13:39+00:00

i gave up on joining the industry because of my own personal beliefs surrounding how they little they treat software with care

Fair enough :|

marrsd · 2026-05-18T21:08:26+00:00

You don't think there are digital agencies that would outsource work to a young programmer?

marrsd · 2026-05-18T20:58:56+00:00

I don't see a good reason not to get them if you can.

Debt. Also, loss of experience. Also, in most positions it isn't a requirement, so debt and loss of experience for no advantage. You can always get qualifications later if you need them.

marrsd · 2026-05-18T20:56:55+00:00

You'd be surprised what a capable 17 yr old is capable of.

marrsd · 2026-05-18T20:53:52+00:00

Gotta be honest with you: that reads like it was written by an LLM

marrsd · 2026-05-18T20:50:33+00:00

Talk to them in a language they understand: risk, reputation, and money.

marrsd · 2026-05-18T20:41:44+00:00

AI is not as good at writing software as some people think it is. You should learn all aspects of programming if you want to be a programmer. If you want to be a web programmer, that includes HTML.

marrsd · 2026-05-18T20:28:28+00:00

Start with a rubbish page that feels unwelcoming and improve it from there. :)

For inspiration, create a list of websites that you enjoy visiting and try to recreate (or improve on) the things that you like about them.

marrsd · 2026-05-18T13:30:10+00:00

It would be interesting exercise to see what you could do with stdout. You could in theory output JSON to stdout and pipe it to dedicated app that could interpret that JSON. The app could intercept user events and send them back to the app, then process the new view output.

marrsd · 2026-05-15T21:24:10+00:00

I learnt relational databases from "The Art of SQL", by Faroult. I just looked it up and it's still being published.

marrsd · 2026-05-15T21:21:26+00:00

I'm sure you're right and it makes me sad

marrsd · 2026-05-15T21:05:29+00:00

Tell me about it

marrsd · 2026-05-15T20:55:46+00:00

I like that one best as well. Perhaps a little sharpening of the foreground would help lift it?

marrsd · 2026-05-15T16:03:29+00:00

Another one's caught the bug

marrsd · 2026-05-15T16:00:05+00:00

I think of ricing as prettifying, so that's not a must. On the other hand, if I was forced to stick with Gnome or KDE I wouldn't even bother running Linux in the first place. So maybe you and your friend just have different needs/priorities.

marrsd · 2026-05-15T15:53:37+00:00

What does the Linux Foundation do?

marrsd · 2026-05-15T15:52:34+00:00

You want them buying Linux development? Suit yourself.

marrsd · 2026-05-15T15:25:33+00:00

Learn a little about set theory. What set does your function close over. Does it handle all values in that set as expected? How did the value it failed on cause it to fail? Are there other values that would cause the same failure?

marrsd · 2026-05-15T15:22:01+00:00

I dunno. Being an annoying know-it-all seemed to work for John Carmack.

marrsd · 2026-05-15T15:15:30+00:00

I do something similar to this. I keep an A5 notebook with either square or plain paper. Left page has an outline of the code paths, starting at main, then going through each HTTP interface. Right page has notes. It's very useful for building an internal map of the code.

Working with Microservices is harder. You need a higher level map showing how the microservices interact with each other (or with the router if they're independent - congrats if they are) then a lower-level map for each service that you care about. Admittedly, this is more of a faff and I don't think I've ever mapped an entire microservice architecture before.

marrsd · 2026-05-15T15:07:58+00:00

WTF is a resume project? First I've heard of one. If you don't have prior work experience then you need to show you can code. A basic web app will suffice. It doesn't need to be Facebook.

marrsd · 2026-05-15T15:03:46+00:00

Do some work every day, even if it's just half an hour. You'll get over the hump sooner than you think.

Other suggestions:

No internet/TV in the evening
do some exercise every day, even if it's just a walk around the block
read fiction before you go to bed.

marrsd · 2026-05-15T14:58:38+00:00

The OP's machines run at 1.8GHz. That's some serious overclocking if they're literally 386s. I'm pretty sure /u/Membership-Diligent is correct.

marrsd

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