Don’t ever call me a glorified autocomolete algorithm again
Comment on I've lately been making my git commit messages with AI
Kaldo@kbin.social 10 months ago
If a glorified autocomplete algorithm can write more informative and concise commit messages than you, the actual author behind the code, I think you need to sit down and think long and hard what that actually implies.
Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
douglasg14b@programming.dev 10 months ago
And what does it imply?
That an AI might be better at writing documentation than the average dev, who are largely inept at writing good documentation?
This sort of post is just bad faith, doesn’t actually make any conclusions, and is just a disguised way to shit on others as opposed to contributing to the discussion at hand.
DmMacniel@feddit.de 10 months ago
it implies that the author of the code has no idea what they were doing.
Turun@feddit.de 10 months ago
I disagree. I am capable of writing a good commit message, I just don’t really want to. Depending on the change, formulating a concise text that includes all relevant information can be quite time consuming.
I can travel to Italy on foot. Will I do that? Of course not. What does it imply? That I’m incapable of moving my body? Of course not! It just means I’m too lazy to do it and that there are faster ways to get to the same goal.
DmMacniel@feddit.de 10 months ago
how do you write Pull-Requests? Just half-assing it?
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
There is a saying, which I don’t generally agree with. Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. That said, writing good code and describing code effectively are two different skills, and there is no guarantee any given individual will have both.