▲ -49 ▼ Software Is Not A Single-Player Game (www.davidpoll.com) submitted 1 month ago by codeinabox@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago (3 children) Before I read this: is just the title image generated with AI, or also the rest of the article? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 13 points 1 month ago That aesthetic made me vomit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] codeinabox@programming.dev [S] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children) I agree that the AI generated image is trashy, however the article is a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of relying on agentic coding, instead of collaborating with other developers. But there is always a ceiling on how far a single-player game can take you, even with agents. Software that lasts, software that grows, software that people can actually depend on – that is built by groups of people exercising judgment together over time. By teams developing shared taste, shared mental models, shared sense of what their product should be. None of that happens through individual prompting, no matter how clever the prompts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) So. Is that an em dash permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tleb@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago Given their answer to "was the article AI generated?" was "the article is about..." we can safely assume it's slop. permalink fedilink source parent [–] locuester@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago So is that a yes? AI slop? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Solemarc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Maybe? There are 3 emdashes in the first 3 paragraphs, which is a suspiciously high number. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 13 points 1 month ago That aesthetic made me vomit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] codeinabox@programming.dev [S] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children) I agree that the AI generated image is trashy, however the article is a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of relying on agentic coding, instead of collaborating with other developers. But there is always a ceiling on how far a single-player game can take you, even with agents. Software that lasts, software that grows, software that people can actually depend on – that is built by groups of people exercising judgment together over time. By teams developing shared taste, shared mental models, shared sense of what their product should be. None of that happens through individual prompting, no matter how clever the prompts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) So. Is that an em dash permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tleb@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago Given their answer to "was the article AI generated?" was "the article is about..." we can safely assume it's slop. permalink fedilink source parent [–] locuester@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago So is that a yes? AI slop? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) So. Is that an em dash permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tleb@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago Given their answer to "was the article AI generated?" was "the article is about..." we can safely assume it's slop. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago Given their answer to "was the article AI generated?" was "the article is about..." we can safely assume it's slop. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago So is that a yes? AI slop? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Solemarc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Maybe? There are 3 emdashes in the first 3 paragraphs, which is a suspiciously high number. permalink fedilink source parent