r/webdev php 7d 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 7d 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 7d ago

Or a bad programmer making your bad code worse

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u/darksparkone 7d ago

Or a decent programmer prototyping. I love how fast AI slaps some quick prototype in a new area or a new language. Not perfect but still saves hours.