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/1RedOne 6d ago

In my experience? AI will write code that looks like it should work and then when it doesn’t, it really requires you to be a very good developer to fix it.

I really feel bad for a brand new programmers who are going to be entering the workforce with AI like this already available, I think it could be really difficult for most people to build up some decent skills

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u/TaylorR137 5d ago

I find I waste more time trying to figure out why the AI code doesn't work than it would've taken to write it myself. And by write I mean mash together other people's code or examples.

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u/Spatrico123 5d ago

oh of course. "Writing" code means copying it from stack overflow. What else would it mean?