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[โ€“] Acters@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I usually ask AI to summarize it and then I get a pretty good idea of what it was meant to do. It's just another tool to me. AI generated code sucks but it's nice when it's a quick summary.

[โ€“] zenpocalypse@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago

It's a great tool. Summaries are fantastic and "what would be a good way to code this snippet" often teaches me something new.

I also find it's helpful to ask about best practices when I'm not sure.

Anything beyond short scripts, though, and you're going to spend more time than you saved fixing it.

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