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DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
As programmer. It’s helping my productivity. And look I am SDET in theory I will be the first to go, and I tried to make an agent doing most of my job, but it always things to correct.
But programming requires a lot of boilerplate code, using an agent to make boilerplate files so I can correct and adjust is speeding up a lot what I do.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Same here. I love it when Windsurf corrects nested syntax that’s always a pain, or when I need it to refactor six similar functions into one, or write trivial tests and basic regex. It’s so incredibly handy when it works right.
Sadly other times it cheats and does the lazy thing. Like when I ask it to write me an object, but chooses to derive it from the one I’m trying to rework. That’s when I ask it to move and I do it myself.
witx@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
AI is not needed for any of the points you mentioned. It’s mostly intellisense and auto complete. Good luck when you need to link tests with requirements and you don’t know what the tests are doing
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My point is precisely that it’s a glorified autocomplete. And who says I don’t know what trivial tests do? They’re trivial, repetitive, and my time is more precious. But you got a point about fossil fuels. Tbh, I don’t even drive, travel, eat red meat, or have kids. That’s almost my entire carbon footprint right there, and in comparison with everyone else, I’m doing ok.
But I will say that you’re like the fourth person this week who not only fails to understand what I wrote, but also doesn’t bother to ask clarifying questions before attacking, and then assumes things about something I never said. You literally don’t need to be hostile when disagreeing with anyone.
witx@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
Yes your point completely went above my head. Sorry for that.
Hey, not attacking or being hostile really (at least on purpose), sorry if it came that way. It was more of. Tongue in cheek type of comment