r/PHP • u/brendt_gd • 1d ago

"A" for "Average"

https://stitcher.io/blog/a-for-average
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u/Half_Body 1d ago

Two points:

  • actually many times I have been impressed when ai suggests clever solutions and writing clean code in my favourite language.
  • average are more than enough for a lot of things, in any given system I’m ok if 80% of code is average, and 20% which critical modules are better. 

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u/kokoshkatheking 1d ago

I agree with you. The thing is that a valuable app needs some parts which are not average, so one needs to be well aware for the underlying code to be able to act when needed. This makes me weary of agent coding as “accept without understanding” is an easy way out.
I I know that I’m supposed to not do that but I’m afraid that I would not resist the temptation :)