timothycoleman

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   by timothycoleman 2mo ago

   I think whoever is responsible for the correct operation of a software system will still need to read something that precisely describes the behaviours that they care about. Today, for most devs, thats the code. We usually don't need t
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   by timothycoleman 2mo ago

   An important difference is the code precisely expresses many behaviours of the program, and a correct compiler guarantees to respect those behaviours. An AI prompt is not so precise, and an AI offers no such guarantees to respect the behavi
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   by timothycoleman 2mo ago

   Unfortunately the tests can't (usually) cover all behaviours. And perhaps more importantly, they don't capture more abstract properties of the code like maintainability. AI works best in well maintained code, but unless care is ta