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nairadithya04/24/20252 repliesview on HN

This doesn't even make sense, forgetting a semicolon is immediately caught by the compiler. What positive benefits does AI provide here?


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masfuerte04/24/2025

It depends on the language. Javascript is fine without semicolons until it isn't. Of course, a linter will solve this more reliably than AI.

ThrowawayTestr04/25/2025

By knowing about libraries that I don't have to read and learn and being able to glue them together to quickly accomplish my task.