David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) on Nostr: In the last week, I’ve seen an uptick in ‘AI is good for boilerplate’ posts. It ...
In the last week, I’ve seen an uptick in ‘AI is good for boilerplate’ posts. It is 2026. Metaprogramming is over 50 years old. Why are we writing boilerplate at all, much less creating expensive tools that let us write more of it faster?
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