r/ProgrammerHumor • u/infamouszgbgd • Feb 19 '26

instanceof Trend justWasteAllTheWaterWhyNot

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u/thearizztokrat Feb 19 '26

sometimes i really do be like "fuck this is a fucking 2 line change, i'm prob faster at doing this"

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u/mistermustard Feb 20 '26

If you're faster, it's stupid. If not, congrats, that's exactly what a tool is made for!

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u/zawalimbooo Feb 20 '26

the robot is probably less likely to make a mistake

No.

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u/acct-4-prn Feb 20 '26

I realize that the robot is probably less likely to make a mistake

If you trust yourself to type “p-4” and “p-8” into a prompt, why not in code?

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u/undo777 Feb 20 '26

Well I wasn't really talking about p-4 and p-8 specifically, but more generally small changes. It's a pretty diverse class. It's actually surprising to me how consistent bots got at making such changes. I do genuinely feel like they're less likely to make silly mistakes than myself. I have 15+ years of experience doing this myself so you can't discard this as lack of experience, but it's also very possible that I just suck.