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Curious to see whether there's a meaningful correlation between a developer's affinity to writing (blogs, scripts, etc.) and AI. Reposts are much appreciated to get me out of my echo chamber.
If you're a developer, what statement align closest with your opinion?
@Compeuter I don't know i this is directly on point, but...
I feel there's a strong correlation between the skill of writing a good essay or larger document (often technical documents, proposals, etc, but really any document that is a structured discussion of a topic or makes a case for some position) and writing well organized and structured code. Both are creative exercises, both require an ability to organize your presentation well in order to maximize reader understanding, both tend to have a fairly specific goal in mind.
@DaleHagglund @Compeuter
Yeah.
Honestly I am more of a writer who also codes, so I approach programming as a writing project, as much as engineering.
@Compeuter
I don't even like autocorrect.
I can get snippy even about human editors messing up my phrasing. (Ironically, but also probably the reason -- I have also been an editor).
AI seems like both combined, but somehow even worse.