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[–] muhyb@programming.dev 20 points 5 hours ago

His first mistake is to call it AI.

[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 28 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This is what FAFO in public looks like. Gold!

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 7 hours ago

As you know I'm not technical. AI doesn't write robust code, is that the joke?

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 166 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I've always appreciated the feature of AI coding tools, where they confidently tell you they've done something completely wrong. Then if you call them on it, they super-confidently say: "Of course, here's what needs to be done..."

Then proceed to do something even worse.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 40 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Or when you say there's something wrong and the new version is just the same with comments

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Because if I choose squirrel everytime I'll never get anything done.

[–] HKPiax@lemmy.world 171 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

This cannot NOT be satire, come on. It's too fucking funny

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 132 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't think it's satire. Miami has become a mecca for crypto bros and "tech" fraudsters.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 121 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Why do those fish always pose with some dude holding them?

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 57 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Ever watched a fish stand up?

They need to be held.

[–] msage@programming.dev 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

There's like 2 people who will get the reference, but fuck it, here it comes.

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] reinei@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

It does not have nerves, yet it feels pain. It does not have a mouth, yet it must scream. And until recently: death only made it so so much stronger!

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 30 points 15 hours ago

Don't we all really?

[–] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 14 points 16 hours ago

It's a child, that fish just wants to look bigger

[–] frezik@midwest.social 9 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

He probably paid some fishing tourist shop to get him to just the right place so he could hook it and pull it in. That pic cost him money, and it's really important to him.

[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 14 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

I wanted to edit my Ghostty themes but found out a lot of the colors are in #hexadecimal notation. I like #rrggbb percentage style colors (b/c they are easy to tweak by hand) and I couldn't find an online color picker that would output that format, so I used deepseek (free) & now have a scrappy ass one w Python & Tkinter completely via "vibe" coding (I call it Clyde Color Picker. It's adorable).

Pretty awesome when you're just some dumbass who needs a very specific tool and not trying to fleece people.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I use AI toolings to generate snippets of bash scripts because I can't be fucked to remember that syntax. Obviously not for anything with high risks or that I can't easily verify. But things like parsing through mass amounts of files

[–] blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

But... bash snippet extensions already exist. The only difference is maybe it doesn't auto name your variables for you. I'd take that over non-deterministic LLM outputs.

[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I have no idea what the hell a bash snippet extension is, but I do know what a local llama.cpp instance running a small model to tell me bash commands on the fly is.

I use it to make .desktop files, too. Isn't that so lazy?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 39 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine needing to understand a thing to build something. /s

[–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

Just speak the incantation of motive energy and light the incense to soothe the machine spirit.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 123 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Bet you $1,000 the credentials are stored in plain text.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 83 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Not just plain text, but hard coded.

[–] VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 61 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 17 points 10 hours ago

Having a backend is bloat. I do all my DB transactions straight from the frontend

[–] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 18 points 16 hours ago

Obviously hand coded. After all, he just discovered that there are people, or more probably bots, who will use open resources for their own uses.

[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 45 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Classic vibe coder things.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I've heard that phrase a handful of times now and it's already making my eye twitch. Though I don't think it's meant to be complimentary.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 21 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Wonder if ChatGPT just scraped an example token from somewhere and is using that.

[–] jimmux@programming.dev 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 4 hours ago

It's in a textbook, and that's a trusted source!

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 16 hours ago

What are they, Sony?

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world -1 points 13 hours ago

I've never seen an LLM response be cavalier with credentials.

[–] PapaSkwat@lemy.lol 91 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Can I get this emotion bottled? I want to experience it at full strength later

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 21 points 17 hours ago

Just hold your phone over it. You'll feel a tingly sensation in your intestines, but be not afraid, you just got the emotion bottled.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 13 hours ago

I want it powdered so I can snort it.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 12 points 13 hours ago

Lol what a gimp

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 52 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I wonder if the website did the thing where it lists their big customers like a trophy cabinet on the main landing page.

It would probably make a good list of places to sell snake oil

Also love that this is all evidence to back up the premise that building the happy path of an application is generally easy, one of the main skills in software engineering is ensuring the unhappy paths are covered sufficiently. I can say I've started a bank and keep people's money in my wardrobe, I'll be providing the service of holding their money—I'll also probably get robbed sharpish because I'm not skilled in the kind of security needed to avoid that.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 32 points 16 hours ago
[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 13 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Lol, I'm surprised it only took two days.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 25 points 15 hours ago

2 days for him to realize something wrong

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 7 points 13 hours ago

I'm surprised it took two whole days :p

[–] spaffel@spaffel.social 18 points 17 hours ago

F around and find out

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

If I were leojr94, I’d be mad as hell about this impersonator soiling the good name of leojr94—most users probably don’t even notice the underscore.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 2 points 16 hours ago

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.