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Proton is vibe coding some of its apps. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

It will allow you to see if the AI has made any syntax or runtime errors. It does not tell you about any logic errors.

Logic errors are already the most dangerous kind of programming error, and using AI just makes them even harder to find.

Using AI will only help you with syntax (which any good IDE should already be able to do) and finding information faster than a search engine (but leaving out important context). AI is not useful for programming anything that will be made public.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The danger of vibe coding is that the people doing it either don't have the skills to or don't think it's importsnt to review the AI changes.

    If you work with an AI and instead of taking time typing through boring tasks, take time reading through the changes, them there isn't much of an issue. A skilled software engineer is capable of noticing logic errors in a code they read.

    If the generated code is too unmecessarily complex to ensure its logic is okay, then scrap it.

    I don't use it in that way (only use JetBrains' line completion AI) but I don't see a problem if it is used that way.

    However, if I review a code that was partly generated by AI and notice that the dev let through shitty code without review, the review will be salty.

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