The AI industry's claims about AI coding assistants boosting productivity significantly appear to be massively overblown, per a new report.

“No Duh,” say senior developers everywhere.

The article explains that vibe code often is close, but not quite, functional, requiring developers to go in and find where the problems are - resulting in a net slowdown of development rather than productivity gains.

    • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 days ago

      They should make it more like SO and have it chastise you for asking a stupid question you should already know the answer to lol

    • mcv@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 days ago

      If you know what you want, its automatic code completion can save you some typing in those cases where it gets it right (for repetitive or trivial code that doesn’t require much thought). It’s useful if you use it sparingly and can see through its bullshit.

      For junior coders, though, it could be absolute poison.