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[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

By which I mean maybe the author enjoys different parts of coding than you do.

It seems to me like the part of coding the author enjoys least is coding.

Trying to wrangle AI into writing something decent is generally an exercise in frustration for me.

This is my issue with it. The output of these tools, unchecked, evolves into something abysmal over time. I find it quicker to just rewrite the output than to try to prompt it over and over again to produce something good.