So there's no way to please both sides.

But beating someone with one hand tied behind their back should not be preferable.

Yes, because I think the underlying patterns are the same. Get data, move it around, serialize/deserialize it, store, query, present. It's very unlikely I'm going to run into some new pattern that's never been seen in code before. This is exactly where I think devs are giving themselves too much credit.

I'm not saying AI can do it without my help either, I'm just saying is that it can help me do it better and faster than I could have done without it.

That's why I added the disclaimer above: I'm not working on anything groundbreaking (like most people).

And I disagree with your premise overall, because I think the overwhelming majority of software development is much more like driving on a paved highway than it is like hiking through unmarked forest. Which is exactly why AI works so well: it's trained on thousands of examples of very similar solutions to very similar problems.

All of the hard work has already been done by people before us. We have the luxury of sitting down in front of incredible hardware, operating systems, fully designed languages, optimizing compilers, IDEs to fill in the blanks for us, and now AI to write up entire programs for us - none of which we had anything to do with the creation of. All we need to do is hook things together and slap on a layer of paint.

Even when I already have a good idea of how I plan to do something, I may still ask AI and then find it gave me better idea for some particular thing.

I liken it to using GPS even when you know the route like the back of your hand. It can still steer you around an accident.

To do this effectively I have to drop the idea that I always know better than it does.

I disagree. Have a conversation with it about your problem and work through design decisions with it. When I do that, I find it gives me a lot of good ideas.

Disclaimer: I'm not working on anything groundbreaking (like most people)

Nothing, because per the post he actually did it in his garage.

Valid posts get flagged frequently, enough for people to notice it. But not every, or even most, posts in this category get flagged.

I should have realized it, too, because when my parents tell me something, I know what they really mean, and it's not usually what they actually said to me.

So of course your parents want their house price to go up so they can pay higher taxes while surrounded by more traffic and noise. Seems so obvious now that you say it.

Because the deal is good for Iran so Israel is going to ruin it on purpose. That, and killers gunna kill.

Maybe they just don't want the noise and traffic, and they don't really care about the impact on their house value.

Seems like you're jumping to a conclusion.

You've done exactly the opposite. All you've done is defend the system and cast blame at the "bosses" for not doing their job.

> The power is in your hands.

There you go again.

Please update this thread when you put your money where your mouth is and make a real difference. Then all those reading this can be inspired by your actions rather than your empty words.

It's literally not possible to fix a corrupt system by asking a participant in it to change the system that benefits them.

> Unfortunately, magic doesn't exist.

You are under the illusion that we operate under a functional democracy that responds to the will of the people. It's you that believes in magic, not me.