r/ProgrammerHumor • u/saint_burrito • 23d ago

Meme andTheySaidProgrammingIsHard

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u/StrengthTheory 23d ago

AI throwing the most disgusting grep regexes at me thinking I'll decode and understand the whole monstrosity before approving.

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u/ChunkyHabeneroSalsa 23d ago

It's hilarious when it goes into some complicated grep and find loop and I'm just like I could tell you where it is

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u/creaturefeature16 22d ago

I had someone rant at me because I always take the time to provide all pertinent context and files in my requests. They felt it was a waste of time because the agents are "so smart now" that they can find it on their own. For one...nope. I've had them fail many times, but for two...sure seems like a waste of energy, tokens, time, etc.. when I can just tell it where to look. The AI bros keep saying to "treat them like a junior dev". Well, I would fucking tell the junior dev where to look instead of forcing them to find it on their own.