Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoSoftware Engineers Say They're Losing the Ability to Code Now That AI Does It for Themfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down19
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkSoftware Engineers Say They're Losing the Ability to Code Now That AI Does It for Themfuturism.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squarekescusay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThis is a recipe for SQL injections, race conditions, memory leaks, and keys being placed directly in code. Trust the output of an LLM at your peril. Literally.
minus-squaremx_smith@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoWell I did say you still need to use your skills to check the bots code.
minus-squarekescusay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·54 minutes agoUnless you’re checking every line and have a good enough and comprehensive enough understanding of the codebase to spot subtle bugs it will try to introduce that aren’t caught by your tests, you’re still opening yourself up to problems.
This is a recipe for SQL injections, race conditions, memory leaks, and keys being placed directly in code.
Trust the output of an LLM at your peril. Literally.
Well I did say you still need to use your skills to check the bots code.
Unless you’re checking every line and have a good enough and comprehensive enough understanding of the codebase to spot subtle bugs it will try to introduce that aren’t caught by your tests, you’re still opening yourself up to problems.