Software Is Not A Single-Player Game (www.davidpoll.com)
from codeinabox@programming.dev to programming@programming.dev on 15 Jun 10:20
https://programming.dev/post/52022363

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Sibbo@sopuli.xyz on 15 Jun 10:24 next collapse

Before I read this: is just the title image generated with AI, or also the rest of the article?

HelloRoot@lemy.lol on 15 Jun 10:29 next collapse

That aesthetic made me vomit.

codeinabox@programming.dev on 15 Jun 10:54 next collapse

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.

RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org on 15 Jun 12:02 next collapse

So. Is that an em dash

tleb@lemmy.ca on 15 Jun 12:20 collapse

Given their answer to “was the article AI generated?” was “the article is about…” we can safely assume it’s slop.

locuester@lemmy.zip on 15 Jun 14:44 collapse

So is that a yes? AI slop?

Solemarc@lemmy.world on 15 Jun 13:34 collapse

Maybe? There are 3 emdashes in the first 3 paragraphs, which is a suspiciously high number.

TheDarkQuark@lemmy.world on 15 Jun 14:59 collapse

How the fuck did the author even greenlight the shitty AI image? It being AI aside, who the fuck codes with a gaming controller? And before you say “game devs”, no, they don’t.

user_6282638282@sopuli.xyz on 15 Jun 15:34 next collapse

You’re assuming there is an author…

87Six@lemmy.zip on 15 Jun 16:19 collapse

This one is one of the first user blocks for me lol