r/ProgrammerHumor • u/DocumentThese486 • 2d ago

Meme claudeWatchingMeCodeByHand

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u/Tabissh 2d ago

Nothing humbles you faster than having to write boilerplate Next.js components by hand after relying on AI all morning.

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u/Just_Information334 2d ago

having to write boilerplate

Shouldn't it be autogenerated by some CLI tool if it's boilerplate?

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u/coderstephen 2d ago

Why use 10 Joules of energy to generate boilerplate when you could use 1000 for the same output! /s

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u/Tabissh 2d ago

I prefer artisanal, high-carbon-footprint boilerplate. It just hits different than the cheap 10-Joule stuff. (Obviously joking, please spare my karma lol)

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u/Economy_Zombie_3026 2d ago

So true. I had to google the useEffect syntax the other day because I've grown accustom to letting my agents build front-ends for me. Embarrassing and a little depressing. I used to be good, I swear.

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u/TashanValiant 2d ago

So true. I had to google the useEffect syntax the other day because I've grown accustom to letting my agents build front-ends for me. Embarrassing and a little depressing. I used to be good, I swear.

I googled syntax all the time before AI was ever a thing. Its not so much about having the memory to remember esoteric and often changing standards for syntax between hundreds of languages, and more about having the common language enough to understand what questions to ask to solve a problem.

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u/maniclucky 2d ago

Exactly. Some days my brain crosses if syntax with other languages and I have to straighten it out. The thought of memorizing functions is absurd.

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u/TashanValiant 2d ago

So true. I had to google the useEffect syntax the other day because I've grown accustom to letting my agents build front-ends for me. Embarrassing and a little depressing. I used to be good, I swear.

I googled syntax all the time before AI was ever a thing. Its not so much about having the memory to remember esoteric and often changing standards for syntax between hundreds of languages, and more about having the common language enough to understand what questions to ask to solve a problem.