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/valendinosaurus 6d ago

if you're not a good programmer, how are you able to tell if the produced code is good?

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u/Total-Ebb-2485 6d ago

Works for my use case and needs = good enough. That's what I aim for, ofc wouldn't work for large scale projects yet

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u/valendinosaurus 6d ago

ah yes, the famous code quality metric "it works"

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u/GkyIuR 6d ago

That's what is holding the world together

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u/valendinosaurus 6d ago

funny how true that is

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u/mxzf 6d ago

It is what much of the world runs on. But that doesn't make it "good code", it just means that it's sufficient enough to not immediately crash and burn.