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by time4tea 401 days ago
This could be interesting, but all the example code is so poor, and the extent of the fix so limited that it feels like this is 'AI' for the sake of it.

Stringly-typed, catch-log-ignore, generates warnings in IDE anyway...

Fixed 90 of 125 errors that were found by a different technology... probably.could have been fixed by one developer in 1-2 days anyway - how long did this take?
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tuyguntn 401 days ago
> all the example code is so poor, and the extent of the fix so limited

I agree about the limitations, but look from another perspective, is it good use of time asking experienced engineers who get paid 300-500k/year to go and fix these issues? Probably no.

Would it bring them a joy finding simple leaks and fixing them? Probably no again.

Then this tool is a nice addition to the engineers

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daxfohl 401 days ago
Mostly agree with these points, but it does say that it automates some of the fixes in complex cases that the non-AI tool couldn't handle.

Besides, gotta start somewhere. It's probably a PoC, for a platform that will eventually handle all sorts of things.

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johnbender 401 days ago
> Besides, gotta start somewhere. It's probably a PoC, for a platform that will eventually handle all sorts of things.

I agree and I think we should give folks leeway to make progress but this seems to be the qualifier for nearly every GenAI demo I’ve seen

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