Yup you know the one
Professional circus performer by night, master code monkey by day
Yup you know the one
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I should apply and tell them I’m a Latin American
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That code snippet looks mighty sketch
I do go file by file, but I just copy and paste the same query into each. It also gives me a chance to do a quick review before moving on. It’s still a manual process but it’s a HELL of a lot faster than manually refactoring.
(I can’t give too many more details though since I use proprietary software that isn’t public facing)
It takes a long time because it hits a lot of files, not because it’s logically complex. Also, that’s why unit and integration tests exist.
Stuff like this is really useful when variable names are annoying, or when you have to repeat the same monotonous pattern over a large batch of code.
My favorite use of AI in code so far has been refactoring deprecated feature flags. “Replace enableXYZFeatureFlag with true and optimize the code”. Bam, 1-2 hours’ worth of crunch work solved in minutes.
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Implying money ever reaches 100% full
How many people are out here raw dogging JS without strict TS or even unit tests
I wish 15% and 18% were options. Normally it’s more like 20%, 25% (default), 28%, 30%
It’s not always whole hours