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Explaining to business people why building software is still hard

66 points · 59 comments · fagnerbrack

  1. mehagar · · focus · HN ↗
    Even if you do use AI tools to help you write the code, at some level you have to specify what the program's output should be for every possible input.

    By loosely specifying things in a prompt, there's simply not enough context for the AI tool to know the "right" output to produce for all possible inputs. What's "right" is often subjective anyway ("Should this button be red or blue?").

    1. urbandw311er · · focus · HN ↗
      In my experience the latest models actually do a pretty good job of spotting undefined behaviours, picking sensible defaults and flagging these.
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