this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2024
163 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

1306 readers
59 users here now

Which posts fit here?

Anything that is at least tangentially connected to the technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.


Rules

1. English onlyTitle and associated content has to be in English.
2. Use original linkPost URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
3. Respectful communicationAll communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. InclusivityEveryone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacksAny kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangentsStay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may applyIf something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.


Companion communities

[email protected]
[email protected]


Icon attribution | Banner attribution

founded 11 months ago
MODERATORS
 

The Linux creator is interested in AI, but the hype means he "basically ignores" it.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (4 children)

This. Sorry but I'm a web developer and one of my colleagues obviously uses it without checking if it is correct, then bugs me or others when he doesn't understand why it doesn't work as expected. It is frustrating as hell and I've explained it to him multiple times:

  • Over prompt the AI if you are going to use it. Long lengthy prompts that are very succinct but give as much context as possible.

  • It is highly preferable to check other sources first like Stack Overflow. Even Medium articles can be better than using AI sometimes.

  • Type out what the AI output rather than just copy and paste. As you type line by line, explain to yourself what is happening.

  • Question everything. Do you think this code will work. Why will it work?

  • Test the code. If it doesn't work as expected, trouble shoot it.

  • Don't be afraid to scrap the whole thing and start over. Even open another prompt and try again if you really think the AI can answer the question (there are many cases where your problem is just too specific and the AI can't).

He does none of these things. I swear he is the laziest developer I've ever met, and I've met my fair share.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That sounds like more work than just doing the thing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

I have copilot in my IDE and it's basically worse than the 'dumb' autocomplete that just builds off the existing codebase. Copilot knows all the code on GitHub, but doesn't seem to know anything about the local codebase.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

As I suspected, I'm better off just doing the fucking thing myself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Don't blame all of AI because your coworker is lazy.

Also its best not to create really long prompts as that can confuse it. Instead, do your job. Its good for smaller things but it can't replace a human.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

I've found that just asking "did you make that up again?" after every response improves the quality of code Chat GPT produces. It seems to pick up fairly quickly on methods it just invented.