For #AICoding criticism balance, a confession:
I just got completely stuck trying to do something (rather obscure) using the CodeMirror library and got pretty much stuck. Out of desperation I asked Perplexity and it gave me a directionally correct answer. Problem solved.
It's true, these are useful tools at times.
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RE: https://civic.io/2025/12/04/proving-out-a-new-approach-to-legacy-system-modernization/
The results of an experiment I ran recently to test out a new approach to legacy system modernization. I'm really excited by the results, and more convinced than ever that this approach has tremendous potential for governments struggling with outdated systems.
🗣️ Hacker Plants Computer 'Wiping' Commands in Amazon's AI Coding Agent
｢ A hacker compromised a version of Amazon’s popular AI coding assistant ‘Q’, added commands that told the software to wipe users’ computers, and then Amazon included the unauthorized update in a public release of the assistant this month ｣
https://www.404media.co/hacker-plants-computer-wiping-commands-in-amazons-ai-coding-agent/
Software innovation might be freezing in place—and AI could be to blame. Theo Browne points out that Copilot and ChatGPT often return React-style code even for Solid or Elixir projects. Why? Because they’ve seen React a million times more. Python 3 took a decade to overtake Python 2. If that transition had to happen today, would our dependence on AI suggestions keep us from making the jump?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_aicoding-copilot-react-activity-7348333240757235713-VWoP
#AIliteracy#Copilot#AIcoding#React#Python#WebDev#JS#HTML#CSS
Software innovation might be freezing in place—and AI could be to blame. Theo Browne points out that Copilot and ChatGPT often return React-style code even for Solid or Elixir projects. Why? Because they’ve seen React a million times more. Python 3 took a decade to overtake Python 2. If that transition had to happen today, would our dependence on AI suggestions keep us from making the jump?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_aicoding-copilot-react-activity-7348333240757235713-VWoP
#AIliteracy#Copilot#AIcoding#React#Python#WebDev#JS#HTML#CSS
