Stack Overflow usage has always come with the condition that you understood what the answer was doing and that it actually applied to your problem, on top of feeling that it looked like a high quality solution to it instead of crappy code. I mean, I guess in that sense, the people who blindly copied everything from the internet were the first vibe coders…
The other thing with Stack Overflow answers, despite posters often being dicks, is that you got conversation on what the best method was and pros and cons of solutions, and you could ask clarifying questions and determine what the best solution was for your particular situation. And if someone had incorrect info, they’d often be corrected.
In that sense, if you’re a person who actually thinks through the answers you’re receiving, you can make good use of LLMs but the cost of LLMs (the strain on our planet’s resources) isn’t worth the trade off. You also lose something in terms of how your brain functions when you rely heavily on LLMs imo, because it becomes very easy to lose some good habits.
That said, if LLMs weren’t such a strain on the planet and weren’t tainted by corporate greed, I would love them as they are a great force multiplier for a worker that knows what they’re doing.
Why are the other three not in programmer regulation uniform?
Closed: Duplicate Question.
They are in the locker room, so I presume they just got in and haven't had the chance to put on the uniforms just yet.
'Cause they got let go when their bosses sprung for multiple AI bots to vibe-code off each other, and so they are just having one last get-together.
They are probably trainees that haven't been introduced yet.
I guess the meme is vibe coding is the new stack overflow? Sounds about right. Though vibe coding is even less useful stack overflow was.
Stack Overflow has always had limited use for professional software engineers that have progressed beyond junior level. I've really only ever used it for remembering obscure bash syntax for the umpteenth time.
I love googling something and landing back on Stack Overflow posts I made and/or answered myself in the past.
Is this what they mean by "self-documenting code"?
I'm pretty sure I've have annotated a line of code with a stack overflow question/answer I've made before, in a sense maybe.