Technology

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I asked an AI to generate me some code yesterday. A simple interface to a REST API with about 6 endpoints.

And the code it made almost worked. A few fixes here and there to methods it pulled out of it's arse, but were close enough to real ones to be an easy fix.

But the REST API it made code for wasn't the one I gave it. Bore no resemblance to it in fact.

People need to realise that MS isn't forcing it's devs to write all code with AI because they want better code. It's because they desperately need training data so they can sell their slop generators to gullible CEOs.

Keep inflating that bubble boys.

Threatening remarks like that are why I learned PHPUnit and XDebug, and yeah it made me become a better developer, but often times these are just empty statements.

AI is just another tool in my toolbox, but it's not everything.

Does github copilot include attributions and licenses from projects it copy paste code from or it's just stealing and pretending like nothing happened like all other AI ?

I like Codeberg better anyways.

Aight Imma head out

This is [...] a strange marketing strategy by AI companies. Instead of selling products based on helpful features and letting users decide, executives often deploy scare tactics that essentially warn people they will become obsolete if they don't get on the AI bandwagon.

Very insightful for me to read this. If AI in its present state was as useful as it is advertised, it wouldn't need such apocalyptic language.

They are so desperate to push this and it's pretty obvious why. Companies have dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into AI like it was going to revolutionize literally everything and are now forcing it on people to make up for the fact that they were wrong. Don't get me wrong, AI has its uses, but their whole "solution for everything" mentality is really starting to backfire and they are just trying to make a profit off their investments. Basically "we spent way more money on this than we should have so you better use it or else."

Edit: In addition, every company is trying to be the one that's on top when the bubble pops which is only making it bigger and last longer which will only make it worse when it does actually pop. It's a problem they created and are sustaining themselves, and if they back out now it could be just as catastrophic as letting the bubble pop.

Guy who runs waning AI service (Copilot, currently being eaten by Claude Code and Qwen Coder) says use his AI service or you’ll be out of a job.

If they intend to pay me the same amount to work slower and think less, that's their choice and I will be happy to help them out pursuing it. ChatGPT, explain to my boss how I'm using AI for everything I work on now.

Risky talking down to developers. Does the CEO not know that Git is like REALLY easy to move?!

Way ahead of you, looked for GitHub alternatives such as codeberg ages ago.

I got out when Microsoft bought it, glad I did. I don't want you training your shitty AI on my shitty code.

TIL Github has a CEO.

I have a lot of projects, many OSS and some private. I self host forgejo for my private stuff and also have a lot of my oss there.

Still, I currently use GitHub as my main git service, since it's the most polished code forge and their ci servers are free and fast as fuck. The only other thing keeping me there is the network effect in the sense that I like my projects to be more discoverable, not that anyone gives a shit about my code besides a few friends and randos.

If they get annoying, it's trivial to move. I got the infrastructure set up, and forgejo federation is coming.

Guess I'm migrating my code to a different service then 🤷‍♂️

Oh I'm already out, but only of your shitty products.

You can always count on the ceos of smaller companies that are owned by larger mega corporations to tell it to ya straight with no bias

I've always hated GitHub glad to see it finally is going to crumble

Microsoft mouthpiece parrots Microsoft talking point. News at eight.

I hate to say it, but this is going to be so much worse than cloud everything when it all comes crashing down.

Because people won't have AI to help them do anything. For some reason I get that's kind of the idea.