Debunking the Myth of Automated Code Generation: An April Fools' Joke
By
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The kind of bagel you'd toss to the pigeons.
Summary
The article humorously debunks the idea of a tool that could write code for developers, labeling it as an April Fools' joke. It sarcastically discusses the unrealistic productivity gains such a tool would offer, emphasizing that writing tests is a minor part of development compared to designing and coding. The author, affiliated with Google, hints at the ongoing research in development productivity but dismisses the fantasy of automated code generation.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledOf course, writing tests takes about 100th of the time of designing application structure and the writing code, doesn't it?
The productivity gains would be nothing like as high as the suggestion.
Having something write code for you may be fantasy today, but reality soon; the productivity gains are just PURE fantasy.
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