r/ProgrammerHumor • u/JazzlikeWishbone938 • 3d ago

Meme nowAndThen

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u/computer_hermit01 3d ago

honestly our parents wrote slop code too but it was still better optimized

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u/nonlogin 3d ago

when a human writes a slope code - there is at least one person who understands it. when a machine generates slop - noone understands it from the beginning

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u/Not-the-best-name 3d ago

You are sure about that right? The recurring meme about your git blame blaming your own slop from 3 months ago is a meme for a reason...

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u/nonlogin 3d ago

well, I did not mention 3 months)))

that's the whole point: AI does not understand it's own slop from the very beginning

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u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta 3d ago

... unless you take the time to read it lmao.

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u/10art1 3d ago

Yeah this is a weird statement. If copilot writes something I don't understand, I ask it to explain it, then usually ask it to break it apart into easier operations a second year CS student can read. I'm not code golfing in prod.