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NoChatGPT · 29 Jan 2024

Pretty much every single one was using depreciated API calls or best practices from 5-10 years ago

sdm on Hacker News

In the thread “New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on code quality'”, replying to this comment

Got in the way: Generated code used deprecated APIs and outdated best practices.

… When ChatGPT started going viral, I started getting a lot of PRs from juniors who where trying it out. Pretty much every single one was using depreciated API calls or best practices from 5-10 years ago. I'd ask why they chose to use an API that is scheduled to be removed in the next release of whatever library or system we are using. …