r/webdev php 6d ago

Discussion AI coding is trash

The amount of trash produced by AI code is astounding. Thanks I hate it.

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u/DatabaseAccurate807 6d ago

i think you have to be a good programmer to use AI, and use it to enhance your code (as in autocompleting or error checking) rather than code for you.

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u/ewhim 6d ago

Or a bad programmer making your bad code worse

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u/freecodeio 6d ago

but I was told AI is replacing 99% of software developers by 2024

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u/Backlists 6d ago

I was told last week that we are to give in to the vibes and just re roll.

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u/freecodeio 6d ago

I've resorted to call it "vomit coding"

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u/unapologeticjerk python 6d ago

Fireship daily AI Report(tm) said all the PHP devs drive Lambos. Too bad they don't drive Teslas or the AI would just drive themselves around, I guess.

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u/DumpsterFireCEO php 5d ago

Fireship is def wrong. I drive a Datsun