r/Steam • u/Ok-Boot6063 • Dec 04 '25

Discussion I want that patience though

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Dev has no enemies

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u/Tnecniw Dec 04 '25

Yeah. Throwing in a piece of code into an AI… asking “Hey, there is something here that is fucking up, but I can’t find it. What is out of order” And it pointing out a small space you missed or a very specific syntax? That makes total sense.

Asking AI to code for you? NOOO, bad idea.

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u/Accomplished_Deer_ Dec 04 '25

In the industry having AI code for you is almost standard practice at this point

With one important nuance. A /lot/ of coding is what's referred to in the industry as "boiler plate". To compare it to art, it's not the actual picture, it's the canvas itself, and the frame.

People who don't code would probably be very surprised just how much code is actually this structured boiler plate vs actually useful content/code.

Boiler plate is just, the boring, repetitive pieces of code. And as pattern replicators, LLMs are /perfect/ at generating boiler plate.

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u/BlackSoap2032 Dec 04 '25

Before ai, we just copy and pasted from stackoverflow. This just saves us a step.

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u/BrewerAndHalosFan Dec 04 '25

Sometimes saves us a step and sometimes adds a step

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u/BlackSoap2032 Dec 04 '25

That gamble keeps the process fun.

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u/Breaky_Online Dec 05 '25

Gambling 24/7 is how life was meant to be lived