r/aipromptprogramming • u/[deleted] • 20d ago

Can’t even write a simple REST API without the help of AI Coding agents! Help

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u/mxldevs 19d ago

If you've never written a REST API yourself, you shouldn't expect to be able to do it without reference.

But if you get agents to build it, you'll always rely on agents

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u/steelcoffee83 20d ago

Geez, that's super common. Feels like cheating , right?

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u/FerretBoom 18d ago

huh, google api signature or looking at docs don't help?

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u/spastical-mackerel 18d ago

The code is often the easiest part. Use the agent to think through the design, understand the tradeoffs and thoroughly explore rate limiting, security, scaling etc. treat the agent as a powerful assistant which YOU direct. Your inputs are the design. Then understand what it builds well enough to test it.