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    • have ai rewrite it. problem solved.capn_ron
    • prompt: "do the same thing, only cleaner"capn_ron
    • This advice will never get old:
      Don't be stupid.      palimpsest
    • The biggest improvement in using AI is allowing me to focus more on architecture. Not just by freeing up time but by the nature of the discussions themselves.palimpsest
    • Who cares right? If it works it works.monospaced
    • if "MVC" (etc) isnt part of the prompt, will AI just create a bunch of functions that work but have no strucuture?Squiddy
    • @Squiddy
      Not necessarily. I think it can read into how you structure the prompt. It will give a plan and you can make corrections before it implementation.      palimpsest
    • In my case, most of the time it's working from a codebase so it knows how to add new functionalities to it.palimpsest
    • As an anecdote, my project mananger that doesn't code implemented something with AI on his own. It was all imperative and difficult to read and debug.palimpsest
    • He's the guy that "prompts me". It reminded me of the very first project we worked on. I was working with the only information he gave me so my code was similarpalimpsest
    • All that to say, that you don't necessarily need to give it technical constraints for architecture, it's mostly how you explain the project.palimpsest
    • The difference between telling it: "Go down the street, make a left then a right, go in the store and get me a soda".palimpsest
    • And: "You need to get me a soda from this address, use Google Maps to get directions to this store. Use those directions to bring me a soda."palimpsest
    • Then you have the structure to send it to fetch other things at other places.palimpsest
    • sounds like every codebase i've ever inherited over 25 years of coding.kingsteven
    • palimp is right though, i treat the main agent on a project almost like a wiki, it makes sure the coding agents actually build to spec.kingsteven
    • That's the spirit!palimpsest
    • The "If it works it works" philosophy can only work once. Once you introduce an external or internal new parameter everything will break.palimpsest
    • And that's when you realize you should have built something solid in the first place.palimpsest
    • I haven't used MVC in decades. I prefer IIFEs & functional programming . AI naturally infers this from my prompt or the codebase.palimpsest
    • It seems like nobody here is using AI in client production grade code. I would love to hear to your feedback.palimpsest
    • @palimpsest and @kingsteven thanx for the insights! This is helpful and encouraging.Squiddy
    • I'm starting to change my mindset. Before I would just feed AI a class at a time and ask it to code review and refactor. Clearly behind the times.Squiddy
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