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I always have to check the source because it sometimes gives examples that 10 or even 15+ years old, as if that’s a definitive answer
temporallobe on Hacker News
In the thread “Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?”
Helped: Code snippets, CLI suggestions, and understanding codebase components.
Got in the way: Gemini provided outdated examples requiring source verification.
… 1. Gemini as a replacement for Stack Overflow, but I always have to check the source because it sometimes gives examples that 10 or even 15+ years old, as if that’s a definitive answer. We cannot and should not trust that anything AI produces is correct. …