AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds - eviltoast
The AI industry's claims about AI coding assistants boosting productivity significantly appear to be massively overblown, per a new report.

“No Duh,” say senior developers everywhere.

The article explains that vibe code often is close, but not quite, functional, requiring developers to go in and find where the problems are - resulting in a net slowdown of development rather than productivity gains.

  • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
    1·
    12 days ago

    A software tester walks into a bar, he orders a beer.

    He orders -1 beers.

    He orders 0 beers.

    He orders 843909245824 beers.

    He orders duck beers.

    AI can be trained to do that, but if you are in a not-well-trodden space, you’ll want to be defining your own edge cases in addition to whatever AI comes up with.

    • ganryuu@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      12 days ago

      Way I heard this joke, it continues with:

      A real customer enters.

      He asks where the toilets are.

      The bar explodes.