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Survey: a third of senior developers say over half their code is AI-generated

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214 points Brajeshwar | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 14:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.273s | source
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gerdesj ◴[31 Aug 25 23:32 UTC] No.45088036[source]▶
Really?

I'm not a coder but a sysadmin. 35 years or so. I'm conversant with Perl, Python, (nods to C), BASIC, shell, Powershell, AutoIT (int al)

I muck about with CAD - OpenSCAD, FreeCAD, and 3D printing.

I'm not a senior developer - I pay them.

LLMs are handy in the same way I still have my slide rules and calculators (OK kids I use a calc app) but I do still have my slide rules.

ChatGPT does quite well with the basics for a simple OpenSCAD effort but invents functions within libraries. That is to be expected - its a next token decider function and not a real AI.

I find it handy for basics, very basic.

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platevoltage ◴[01 Sep 25 00:33 UTC] No.45088353[source]▶
I just got back into OpenSCAD after recently getting my first new 3D Printer in 10 years, so I basically had to relearn it. ChatGPT got the syntax wrong for the most basic of operations.
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1. gerdesj ◴[02 Sep 25 02:16 UTC] No.45098437[source]▶
Chat did work for some operations for me but not many.

My screwdrivers, drills, planes, and all the rest don't tell me how to use them and I think that you need to treat LLMs in the same way.

They can provide an insight or a prod or whatever that gets you over the line but I do not think that they are ... AI of any sort.

I can cut say 12mm of plywood with a panel saw within an accuracy of about 1mm if I am careless. If I take more care, I can do way better. Depends on the job. However, I have to keep my eye in.

Chat will get the basics right but will hallucinate badly when it comes to libraries like https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2/wiki

Just like a slightly blunt chisel, you have to treat Chat and co in the same way - they are tools. No more and no less. You need to know how to sharpen them up (oil and a whetstone).