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Pop!_OS bans AI-generated code from much of its codebase

116 points · 167 comments · bundie

  1. brink · · focus · HN ↗
    I also have found that AI has not lived up to many of its promises and have dialed back what AI gets control of. My projects were turning into unmaintainable messes. The people who say coding is solved aren't paying attention.
    1. lucianmarin · · focus · HN ↗
      Yes. I started two projects with AI from scratch. Both abandoned, complete mess. Projects without AI are so easy to manage, maintain, add/remove features, etc. I use AI as a search engine on my projects instead of Google. I ask what's wrong with my code and change or improve it myself based on my experience.
      1. fignews · · focus · HN ↗
        Have you considered that maybe this is a reflection of your skills rather than that of the LLM?
        1. sirsinsalot · · focus · HN ↗
          Have you considered it isn't?

          Save your "you're holding it wrong" if you're not going to suggest how to hold it.

          Cult speak escape hatches are intellectually lazy.

          1. williamcotton · · focus · HN ↗
            I’ve had the best luck by spending quite a bit of time going over the big picture architecture up front and then diving into the modules to further refine the details, making sure to generate step-by-step chunks of work in Markdown format for implementation. I’ll spend literally a couple of days doing this before starting any coding.

            Edit: My latest project is all GPT-6 Astra High. It takes a lot of steering to keep it from adding a bunch of, while useful, features that are not strictly enough to the point. That main issue is it’ll use a lot of extra tokens in the process!

            What was your process?

            1. hirvi74 · · focus · HN ↗
              Do you mind sharing any code from what you have produced? People talk about LLM successes and failures, but what's there to really talk about when the code can speak for itself?

              In case it is unclear, I am genuinely curious. I have great success with chatbots, but vibing coding has never gotten me further than a proof-of-concept.

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              2. williamcotton · · focus · HN ↗
                Here’s an example:

                <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;williamcotton.github.io&#x2F;datafarm-studio" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;williamcotton.github.io&#x2F;datafarm-studio

                Some demos of the above charting language:

                <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;williamcotton.github.io&#x2F;algraf&#x2F;demos" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;williamcotton.github.io&#x2F;algraf&#x2F;demos

                WASM, in browser editor, LSP, and more.

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