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Vibecoder? I'll teach you to be a REAL ENGINEER!

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The creator uses a relatable anecdote about AI code generation errors to highlight the importance of understanding code, which appeals to a technical audience.

Summary

The creator discusses an instance where an AI code writer produced duplicate code blocks that were not caught by unit tests due to an if statement. They explain that while small errors might seem insignificant, repeated mistakes can lead to inefficiency and latency.

Structure

1AI code writer error
2Unit test failure
3Explanation of consequences
4Importance of understanding code

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Vibecoder? I'll teach you to be a REAL ENGINEER! THE CODING. HANDS, IT'LL, STUFF, IT, DUDE, TWO, AGO, UH, CODE. OUT, SAME, IT. TWICE, WHY, FUNNY, TESTS, CATCH, CODE. THE, BECAUSE, IF, RETURN, AND, DIDN'T, FUNCTION, OF, SO, UNIT. My AI code writer wrote the stupidest thing a couple weeks ago. It wrote the same block of text twice in a row for no apparent reason. And my unit test didn’t catch it because it was an if statement so they both did the same thing. But if I didn’t understand code, that would’ve slipped by. A small error like that won’t make a big difference just once, but you repeat errors like that again and again, and it’s going to guzzle processing power, needlessly, and create unwanted latency. This is why y

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My AI code writer wrote the stupidest thing a couple weeks ago. It wrote the same block of text twice in a row for no apparent reason. And my unit test didn’t catch it because it was an if statement so they both did the same thing. But if I didn’t understand code, that would’ve slipped by. A small error like that won’t make a big difference just once, but you repeat errors like that again and again, and it’s going to guzzle processing power, needlessly, and create unwanted latency. This is why you should learn to understand the code that your AI is writing. #l#livehighlightst#tiktoklivea#aisucksv#vibecodings#softwareengineering