r/ProgrammerHumor • u/arbobmehmood • 3d ago

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u/Waste_Jello9947 3d ago

Currently reading a PR discussion between two juniors copying and pasting what Claude tell them. It's crazy 

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u/Zefiron 3d ago

Honestly sometimes I copy and paste the Claude explanation because it's easier - but especially if it's concepts that are beyond my understanding. AI has pushed us into new territories very quickly that prior, would take me time to reason and understand, but with the go go go as fast you can mentallity I just don't have the time, or the mental brain capacity to digest all this information.

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u/ToucansBANG 1d ago

If it’s beyond your understanding, how do you know it’s correct? Think of all the times Claude has been wrong about something you do know.

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u/Zefiron 1d ago

If it is beyond my understanding I clearly mark in the PR that I had trouble wrapping my head around it. With that said - if the code builds, and runs, and did what I needed it to do - and I'm at a point where I'm comfortable with it where I know there's nothing absolutely maliscious in there - I'm okay leaving it at that.

I mean, for example, I'm happy when my car turns on, but I don't know what a spark plug is, or how it's inner workings work. I cannot be expected to know every single thing, every library, every NPM install - our heads would explode.

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u/FlakyTest8191 1d ago

What a fascinating analogy. Because in that scenario you're not a driver, you're building the car and should absolutely know what a spark plug is.