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Before hitting submit I'd worry I've made a silly mistake which would make me look a fool and waste their time.
Do they think the AI written code Just Works (TM)? Do they feel so detached from that code that they don't feel embarrassment when it's shit? It's like calling yourself a fictional story writer and writing "written by (your name)" on the cover when you didn't write it, and it's nonsense.
yes.
literally yes.
It's insane
That's how you know who never even tried to run the code.
Reminds me of one job I had where my boss asked shortly after starting there if their entry test was too hard. They had gotten several submissions from candidates that wouldn't even run.
I envision these types of people are now vibe coding.
Super lazy job applications… can’t even bother to put two minutes into vibing.
that's the annoying part.
LLM code can range to "doesn't even compile" to "it actually works as requested".
The problem is, depending on what exactly was done, the model will move mountains to actually get it running as requested. And will absolutely trash anything in its way, From "let's abstract this with 5 new layers" to "I'm going to refactor that whole class of objects to get this simple method in there".
The requested feature might actually work. 100%.
It's just very possible that it either broke other stuff, or made the codebase less maintainable.
That's why it's important that people actually know the codebase and know what they/the model are doing. Just going "works for me, glhf" is not a good way to keep a maintainable codebase
LOL. So true.
On top of that, an LLM can also take you on a wild goose chase. When it gives you trash, you tell it to find a way to fix it. It introduces new layers of complication and installs new libraries without ever really approaching a solution. It’s up to the programmer to notice a wild goose chase like that and pull the plug early on.
That’s a fun little mini-game that comes with vibe coding.