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AI coding support evokes nostalgic programming experience

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A user reflects on the enjoyment of coding with AI support, drawing a parallel to their childhood experiences with BASIC on a Commodore 64. They find that the rapid write-run-rewrite cycle facilitated by AI mirrors the immediate feedback and engagement they experienced with early programming languages, leading them to ponder whether this similarity is a positive or negative development. AI

IMPACT AI coding tools may offer a similar engaging and rapid development cycle as early programming languages, potentially fostering creativity and sustained developer interest.

RANK_REASON User opinion piece comparing AI coding to BASIC.

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AI coding support evokes nostalgic programming experience

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I was thinking about why i have so much fun coding with # AI support and i came to the conclusion that it feels very much like toying around with BASIC back in

    I was thinking about why i have so much fun coding with # AI support and i came to the conclusion that it feels very much like toying around with BASIC back in the day when i was a kid and got an C64. How so? Well, in BASIC it was extremely simple to get something to work, have e…

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