AI-written code leaves you mentally disconnected from it
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have it do a bunch of the boilerplate sort of drudgery code for me, but I, I also despise the feeling that I don't understand what, what I just did. Like, I feel so mentally disconnected from the code.
Episode 243: Nuts & Logs (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:58:48 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Dave loves having an agent do boilerplate drudgery but despises not understanding what just happened. With Godcaster and Podcast Index code he may not remember every line, but he always has a mental map of where everything is and can get there in ten seconds. AI-generated code feels like wearing glasses someone smeared Vaseline on.
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Episode 243: Nuts & Logs (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:08:34 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
And so I don't like that feeling. It's, it's very, uh, it, it feels like wearing glasses and somebody's kind of smeared vaseline all over them.
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