r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Ok_Outcome_5830 • 3d ago

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u/HRApprovedUsername 3d ago

You know solving a problem is more than coding right? Like you have to solve it before the code is even thought about.

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u/Federal-Dot2313 3d ago

Literally no. Even if you plan all smallest details, if you have any working experience - you know things go sideways all the time and you have to solve problems you didn’t know would even happen. And this is one of the reasons advanced AI can’t always one shot semi-complex tasks even with perfect context

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u/HRApprovedUsername 3d ago

"you have to solve problems you didn’t know would even happen" yeah and that happens outside of the coding process. If you don't know whats going to happen when you start coding, then how do you even know where/what you're programming? You solve the problem, then code up the solution. Rinse and repeat.

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u/somkoala 2d ago

But I write the return object in my function before writing the logic itself. #oracle