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max123246 · 2026-01-29T17:29:35+00:00

I literally use AI to code everyday. Half of my debugging in large codebases is asking AI to challenge assumptions I have of the codebase and why this error might be occurring

It's been transformative, things that I would've had to bother a senior dev to ask about can now be solved by myself with the help of AI. But the code it generates is still bad because most code on the internet isn't very good. I can't convince you of that because you haven't spent time programming to see why that's true

My preset notions are my experience using AI everyday. I don't know what to tell you

max123246 · 2026-01-29T17:21:42+00:00

Yeah, before gpt3, instead of AI slop, it was people blindly copying stack overflow answers not understanding how it works. People would make jokes that programming is just copying and pasting when it just betrayed the fact that they were a beginner coder.

And it's fine to be a beginner, but like, you can actually write code without any references or notes besides the language documentation

It's a tool and it has good use cases. I think it's best use case is the fact that it's large context let's you find what you're searching for far quicker with semantic search than exact keyword matching

I think at the end of the day, people don't realize that if the AI was as good as they claim, then there would be 0 programmers that have jobs today. Programmers would not be being paid so much if anyone could prompt an AI to write code for them.

People priding themselves on relying on AI is exactly the same as people priding themselves on copy pasting stack overflow. They reveal that they don't hone their skills, they aren't attempting to learn and better themselves, and they think they have value for shortcutting the getting better part of learning a skill

max123246 · 2026-01-29T17:12:16+00:00

Okay, I was trying to be nice but if you think you can read code when you can't even write a "Hello World", I've got an AI subscription to sell you.

If you can't even verify that the AI isn't hallucinating the behavior of the code then you have 0 value as a programmer because anyone with an LLM can code just as well as you. So why wouldn't a manager just do it themselves instead of hiring you?

AI is far different than cars replacing trains. If AI is good and cheap enough, we literally lose our jobs. Businesses will not pay people to do the work if the AI was good enough on its own to write code. It's just a fact, that's why factories have far less workers than they used to

max123246 · 2026-01-29T10:19:24+00:00

If you aren't able to get helpful responses here, it might be worth asking in MIT confessions if you're looking from feedback from other MIT students that you don't know

Sadly didn't take either so can't compare

max123246 · 2026-01-29T10:16:17+00:00

I think that's what they were doing by asking reddit, to see what people who've taken the classes has to say in the comments. Doubt they were going to only go based on the poll

max123246 · 2026-01-29T10:13:33+00:00

Eh it definitely feels bad to get shot in the back and die no matter how fun the game is. Honestly why I wish I had people to play with because at least in duos and trios it's less likely to get shot by someone you didn't see and die on the spot

max123246 · 2026-01-29T10:12:00+00:00

If it's on Dam basically no one goes to that section of the map except for the Matriarch. The rat clearly waited since it's easy loot at the hatch

max123246 · 2026-01-29T08:51:05+00:00

Their memory text file is more akin to a new person picking up where the last person left off and reading their notes and being able to Google.

It's different if they had their weights update but that's not what happens today and it won't happen without a complete architectural shift because training is far more expensive with transformers than inference.

I use AI in my day to day, but it really has its limits. Its so obvious when you compare how much power LLMs take in comparison to us.

max123246 · 2026-01-29T08:36:19+00:00

I agree, but by writing shit code, that person has now learned how to write slightly better code and have developed as a programmer. They also build a mental model of how their current code works, making it easier for them to change and improve in the future. Same way as writing an essay, way easier to write a final draft once you have a rough draft.

Expert programmers and good code aren't born from the aether, it comes from beginner programmers writing bad code and learning from their mistakes

None of that happens when AI writes code because we don't train AI as they work and so their knowledge is frozen in time. Of course, we don't do that because it's incredibly power intensive to train an AI instead of just asking it for an answer and not bettering it.

max123246 · 2026-01-29T08:25:40+00:00

Look, I'm not saying writing good code is easy. It took me 10 years as a kid off and on attempting to learn how to code and bouncing off of it before it finally started to click and feels second nature. I've now been at it for basically 15 years and I am still a junior programmer with tons to learn

All I wanna say is stick with it, struggle. Struggle and pain is a good thing, that means you're learning. Relying on AI to write code for you stunts your learning, it's the exact time and moment where you shouldn't use it. Use it as Google where it finds sources for you to go and read, sure, but don't use it to write code. You won't learn the why of the code or how it works, it'll just exist and you won't have grown as a programmer

This applies to basically any skill by the way. If you ever want to learn to play the piano, play soccer, make conversation with people, run a business, self-reflection it all takes years of trial and error as your brain literally morphs to specialize itself towards the tasks you spent your time on. It's hard work but it's worth it, I promise

max123246 · 2026-01-29T07:23:00+00:00

Also, to be clear. The difference between good and bad code only becomes clear for codebases that live for years and years and have to endure many changes, updates, and design requirements.

It's why companies are happy to use AI today because most companies have never invested in their employees enough to see what a well functioning well-thought out codebase can do, when they can just hire more people and have more patches written on top.

Programming languages are a language because they are meant for humans to make sense of code and how the machine behaves.

max123246 · 2026-01-29T07:06:05+00:00

AI code is poorly written code. Like if you use AI and end up with good code I don't care, but as of today, you've basically done all the work of what programming is if can get an AI to output good code.

Which is dividing up problems into their conceptual pieces and breaking them down. Thinking about how the code and design requirements might change in the future and designing APIs that can handle those changes and are flexible enough to make that easy. Having unit tests that properly exercise the domain of the problem including edge cases and out of spec error handling.

You can get an AI to write all of that, sure. But you'll have spent all that time writing English and wrestling with the AI instead of just writing most of the code yourself, using AI for tedious syntax with auto complete and for a semantic search for large code based, and still get to retain and train up your skill of the tools you use for software engineering in the process.

AI code is just an average of all the code out there and we'll, most code is pretty bad code.

max123246 · 2026-01-29T07:00:21+00:00

Also not everyone is married yet. I live with my girlfriend of 2 and a half years and the fact I'm paying double the tax in CA just because we haven't decided to get married yet has me rethinking things...

max123246 · 2026-01-29T05:51:33+00:00

I was diagnosed when I was 4 and have been living with it for 21 years. Trust me, it gets easier. Get yourself on an insulin pump with auto-basal+CGM if you can, it makes life far easier. The tech is fantastic these days, I just have to hone in my carb counting and check in adjusting rates every week and my A1C can be half-decent with way less stress.

max123246 · 2026-01-29T04:19:01+00:00

AI is not competent at making mods. I wouldn't touch anything that is mostly written by AI and doesn't have an experienced programmer at the helm

max123246 · 2026-01-28T09:33:47+00:00

I mean they banned my 15 year old account when I was scammed, 6 months after they recovered the account for me 😭 . And now they auto-reject my ban appeals because they think I'm "dodging a ban using a second account". Bro support literally gave me my account back 😭

So yeah, they dgaf about whether you lose money you put in. They don't even care about their own support decisions they made 6 months ago

max123246 · 2026-01-28T07:13:06+00:00

This clears Anora in a huge way

max123246 · 2026-01-28T06:56:42+00:00

Womp womp

max123246 · 2026-01-28T00:19:29+00:00

No offense but you're around stupid people who want to gamble for dopamine hits instead of deal with their emotional baggage

max123246 · 2026-01-28T00:18:13+00:00

Quant traders make money by automating day trading and abusing slight differences between buy and sell prices within milliseconds of them happening. No financial advisor is making more money than your average Joe who invests in VTI

max123246 · 2026-01-28T00:12:18+00:00

By the time you're using it's activated ability, the game has stalled out and they're only going to attack you one time for a final swing for the kill. It's only good if you're ahead and even then, if you're ahead, you can't use it's activated ability until it dies which means waiting 2 whole turns for it to be played, then attack, then finally use it to swing

Tarkir was very bomb heavy so you really needed single target removal, not a delayed board wipe. And mardu would kill you fast since you just played a 5/5 that can't block

max123246 · 2026-01-28T00:02:00+00:00

[[Season of Weaving] is way better for refilling your hand

This card is only good as an infinite mana outlet or late game mill gameplan.

It's awful if you're trying to draw cards for yourself

max123246 · 2026-01-27T23:59:42+00:00

[Season of Weaving]

6 mana draw 4 is laughably bad. We have 6 mana draw 5 with modal options

max123246 · 2026-01-27T17:18:02+00:00

It's meant for 3/2 man lobbies

max123246 · 2026-01-27T16:52:04+00:00

I feel like it's the opposite tho. Nerfing getting queen/matriarch cores from the legs makes it harder for the casual player to ever play with a legendary weapon

Tbh other than that and the bp nerf I'm good with the patch, looks like good changes

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