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After `gpt-5.4` updated a helper function implementation to be entirely incorrect, I asked why and was told that it "inferred" the correct signature from the documentation. I asked it which documentation and pointed out in the documentation, I gave it, the correct signature.
It's response was:
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I misread that while refactoring and changed the helper instead of changing my new code, so I’m reverting the helper API and fixing the code to call it correctly.
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How does it "misread" something!?!?
Is this what they mean when they say AI will replace developers?
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Whenever I see an AI respond like above, I think of this:
x.com/jonschlinkert/status/2…
The agentic AI future we deserve.
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Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions retweeted
The agentic AI future we deserve.
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When using a LLM, how often do you start a question with, "Why did you"?
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"once you understand what LLMs are *actually* capable of, and what they are not, then you start to realize that they truly are just doing next token completion, and they have no real ability to reason." - Jon Schlinkert
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Read @jonschlinkert's full post and see an example:
linkedin.com/posts/jonschlin…
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hey @AnthropicAI, what's the office-addin connector in Claude Desktop?
Why was it installed?
Why's it tagged as "LOCAL DEV"?
Why can't I uninstall it?
What else are you installing on my computer?
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"While you might be 10x with LLMs, you're still competing with developers who are 10x without LLMs."
- @jonschlinkert
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Source: linkedin.com/posts/jonschlin…
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hey @github why did copilot suggest a valid api key from a .env file in a different project?
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Typescript has caused more errors in AI generated code than anything else.
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I just asked chatgpt to explain what a stop token is.
It responded with, "Sure! "
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hey @SlackHQ is there a notification sound that won't give me a heart attack?
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Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions retweeted
Just released commit-whisperer, "An AI genius for generating meaningful git commit messages from repository state and user instructions."
github.com/jonschlinkert/com…
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I've been using a cli tool created by @jonschlinkert that's just amazing and easy to use. Much better than anything I've seen coming out of AI companies that have raised $100 million.
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Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions retweeted
I'm getting very close to pushing up to the dev branch of the next major version of Enquirer. It's so much better than the current version. It has at least 3 or 4 new prompt types, and some amazingly useful features I haven't seen anywhere yet.
github.com/enquirer/enquirer
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Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions retweeted
If done correctly, using *more dependencies* will *decrease* bundle size, not increase it.
If the same code is repeated 2 or more times anywhere in your code base, you're increasing your bundle size by inlining code. There are many other reasons dependencies are superior.
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Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions retweeted
Hey @zoom, just figured I'd ask for the 12th time, please allow the keybinding that is currently using they escape key to be customized. It's beyond irritating to have zoom steal focus while I'm in the middle of a presentation.
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Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions retweeted
Just published github.com/enquirer/emit-key… on the Enquirer org. I created this library to handle mouse events and add support for some things that aren't handled by node.js standard libraries. We're using this in the next major release of Enquirer (coming soon).
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I can't believe it took me so long to open the second tab!
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