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stuff20230314on Bandcamp Unionizes

Epic owns ArtStation too.

stuff20230314on Introducing react.dev

Decoupling your personal future from Silicon Valley devs' pursuit of promotions is always a great idea.

stuff20230314on GPT-4 is phenomenal at Code

Yeah, I am sure the FAANG devs are all copy-pasting things into ChatGPT or requesting Copilot. Sure.

stuff20230314on GPT-4 is phenomenal at Code

...it does really well... As in "ready to commit" or leaving the hard part (review of correctness) to developer?

stuff20230314on GPT-4 is phenomenal at Code

1. So, current and immediate future limits prevent this beyond relatively small projects?

2. But like, you still have to write tests though? If I need to think and check what the generated tests are doing, I'd rather write them myself to be honest. I want the time-consuming parts automated, not typing code. Maybe I am in minority. Surely generating 99% complete unit tests should be some sweet-spot for ChatGPT? I would imagine this AI can ignore halting problem, and somehow traverse all possible states anyway?

stuff20230314on GPT-4 is phenomenal at Code

Because of some cherry-picked niche samples?

stuff20230314on GPT-4 is phenomenal at Code

That's cool and all, but can it do "in this existing code, please amend this feature"? Also useful, "please cover this code with meaningful unit tests"?