BBS: TELESC.NET.BR Assunto: Using AI for coding De: Mindsurfer Data: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 03:04:00 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- hbRenb: hcUsing AI for coding bBynb: hcDumas Walker bto cALL bon cFri Feb 20 2026 10:17:58n DW> Is anyone using an AI product for coding with any success? DW> I ask this question after two recent incidents: DW> (1) I was searching google for answers to an issue compiling an older, DW> abandoned FOSS C project... I am not fluent in C... and wound up DW> interacting with Gemini. It got me on the right track in the sense that DW> we fixed the compile error (caused by compiler and library updates) and DW> got it running. DW> (2) reading about and using Claude's BBS, which was apparently written DW> with the assistance of AI. DW> In my personal case, I found that Gemini was good up to a point, but had DW> trouble remembering what we were working on after a while -- after we got DW> into the weeds about squashing some memory leaks. We got sidetracked a DW> little and then it completely forgot what we were doing. It also DW> hallucinated some. i guess you get better results with a paid subscription. The Thinking or Pro Mode are much better compared to the fast mode. And you are right, Gemini has a window or memory that it can hold. So after a while it will forget the earlier stuff from your conversation. you can make some notes about the milestones and repeat those important infos every now and then to remind gemini and to kind of reset its memory. i mostly use it for scripting. i guess for serious coding you should use programs like VSCode or VSCodium along with AI plugins and a subscription to an AI API service. Or Cursor.com etc pp. Gemini with just the Text Form can also bring you some good results, but it has its flaws that you can work around a bit but not really :) The good stuff is not free. DW> However, after interacting with Claude's BBS and seeing what it looks DW> like, I have a very old C project (DOS!) that I wouldn't mind running by DW> some other AI product to see if it could help me fix a nagging bug. I DW> also have a few other ideas I wouldn't mind trying out. DW> So I am wondering if anyone has had success with AI, which AI, free or DW> paid, and maybe if it is some AI that you are hosting yourself (and, if DW> so, is it linux based?)? I use Gemini every now and then for scripting and chatGPT to help out when Gemini starts to run in circles. It is a good Idea to give Gemini or any other AI a framework before you start. Let it know some basic rules and any additional info about your project that could be useful to know for the AI and repeat those in case the memory frame starts to run full ;) Mindsurfer n --- gSynchronetn FuNToPiA BBS - telnet://funtopia.synchro.net:3023 ssh:3022 ----------------------------------------------------------- [Voltar]