Four months ago I asked if and how people used AI here in this community (https://lemmy.world/post/37760851).
Many people said that didn’t use it, or used only for consulting a few times.
But in those 4 months AIs evolved a lot, so I wonder, is there people who still don’t use AI daily for programming?
Not the great rebuttal you think it is… AI isn’t really about writing code that I couldn’t write. Unless you’re a beginner it is absolutely not at that level yet. It’s about saving time.
Which it definitely can do. Especially for one-off tasks. For vibe coding projects my experience has been mixed. AI seems pretty good for getting things going, especially in areas you aren’t familiar with (e.g. I wrote a simple Chrome extension with it; never written a Chrome extension before). But after a certain point they seem to get stuck in a muddle and you basically have to stop using AI, fix all the code it wrote badly and continue yourself.
But overall it can still be significantly faster than being prideful and doing it all by hand.
You either program really boring basic stuff are or a shitty programmer to begin with.
AI, at best, is a boost to the mediocre.