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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • The most success I’ve had with AI assisted programming was when I found myself having to work with HTML in Python for the first time, and I used ChatGPT to generate sample code for specific things I wanted to do with lxml. It was much, much faster than reading through the crappy docs to properly learn the API.

    Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to replicate that success with other projects. Unless it’s some low hanging fruit/popular library like lxml, ChatGPT tends to hallucinate APIs that don’t exist.

    EDIT: also, I’ve tried using AI code generators that integrate into your IDE, but never found them to be that useful. Something like clangd is more consistently helpful, and actually guaranteed to be correct.





  • There’s nothing “pathetic” about it. You’d have to be stupid not to take a good deal. That’s like not scoring a goal while the goalie isn’t paying attention, because you think it’d be unfair.

    Solving this problem isn’t the responsibility of individuals and their “willpower”, it’s the responsibility of governments. It’s their job to regulate markets and ensure fair competition. Getting mad at some sysadmin who accepts money from Meta might make you feel better inside, but it’s not going to change anything. Do your research, write to your representatives, threaten to vote them out, and then actually show up on voting days.