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0 pointsmegaloblasto8mo ago0 comments

I see what your saying but I would argue that vibe coding an ODE solver is an incorrect use of the tool. For something like and ODE solver you need to have a really solid understanding of what data structures you will use,and solid general knowledge of the numerical methods you want to implement. Then, you can use AI as an assistant when you get stuck, or to deepen your understanding, look over your implementation, etc.

It seems like developers used to always joke about how much they used stack exchange (even senior devs). Now it seems like there are suddenly so many people who claim to never need any help and can just smoothly bust out beautiful code all day long.

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J_McQuade8mo ago

> I see what your saying but I would argue that vibe coding an ODE solver is an incorrect use of the tool.

Agreed. No true Scotsman would use the tool this way.

wolvesechoes8mo ago

But that is the case - I know how to implement production-ready ODE solver. My issue with AI was that it was able to help with basics, but not with those really important bits, so it couldn't really deepen much.

aleph_minus_one8mo ago

> For something like and ODE solver you need to have a really solid understanding of what data structures you will use,and solid general knowledge of the numerical methods you want to implement.

For basically every thing you program, you need to have a really solid understanding of what data structures you will use, and solid general knowledge of the methods you want to implement.

I claim that as a conservative estimate at least 90 % (likely more than 95 %) of what I code at work (and even more for what I code privately) is of this kind.

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