BBS: TELESC.NET.BR Assunto: Using AI for coding De: MRO Data: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:38:37 -0500 ----------------------------------------------------------- Re: Using AI for coding By: Hm Derdoc to Dumas Walker on Tue Mar 24 2026 12:02 am > i'm late to the game on this post, but yeah, I've been using it for the past > year or so almost constantly. i've changed the flow a few times but it's > getting smoother and i usually can push things through to the end, i mostly > use it as a hyperlazy version of myself, and i'm already hyperlazy, so it's > recursive, i guess to its detriment, although things have gotten more > efficient over time and less sloppy, perhaps i can be so eloquent as to > describe my experience in a forum post > > maybe a year ago i was using ChatGPT to write Apple Watch apps, it didn't do > a great job - it kept trying to invent API's that didn't exist and was > hallucinating things that would only work on iPhone; I did finish my projects > but it was fortunate that I read all of the documentation on the SDK's and > API's beforehand, and figured a way out of the loop. now i'm mostly just > writing insane bbs stuff for synchronet. but i also used to write synchronet > stuff by hand, so I also know what libraries and stuff to use, so I have > pretty good luck if you've caught wind of my releases. > > I'm generally running Claude Opus 4.6 generally now because it doesn't seem > to mess up. I know there are some things I did to make projects more > efficient and maintainable for Synchronet in addition to just AI getting > majorly better in just the last 6 months. I did write a few just in > javascript with AI help and they became harder to deal with once they became > larger - but I started using typescript and treating synchronet's > spidermonkey layer as a target for distribution, this makes the projects > infinitely more maintainable and faster to develop with AI. > > Also most AI's can have some sort of directive file they attempt to follow > religiously, for instance using github copilot I make a > .github/copilot-instructions.md file telling it to look at official > synchronet repos, libraries, wikis, and how to maintain clean code and not > reinvent the wheel. Make one so it knows how to develop for your obscure > platform, and if you understand the document yourself as it's vibe coding > companion there may be a chance of success. RTFM is still helpful, if you > want to save money on tokens. > > Cost wise, I pay about $40 copilot-pro a month, although I often go over, but > I'll use it like 10-12 hours a day for last 6 months not being very judicious > about when to use Opus (3x cost) and when not to. I also still have a 20 > Chat GPT subscription which I sort of want to kill on principle but actually > Codex isn't terrible in VSCode either. Sometimes I'll run copilot and codex > in the same repository and make sure they don't step on each others toes. I > think they upped Codex usage while improving its quality too because I've > never hit a usage wall this month. > > I am hoping to not use or pay these things so much in the future but for now > pressing towards the finish line of making my bbs the most insane it can be. > I sort of wish I could something that was as good as Claude Opus on my > personal computer, but I guess wait a couple years. > > If you ever get stuck in your vibe coding endeavors, Derdok is here for > support > > \ >== HM Derdoc ==< / > / @futureland.today \ > i have a scrabble js game i've been workong on with claude.ai. it's getting pretty complicated and i have to prune a lot of code. let me know if you want a copy so you can try to break it. it has ai players with different intelligence levels or you can play at the same time with a human or all kinds. realtime and turn based play. i need to do stuff like concede mid game, disconnect while doing things,etc To really test it. Https://i.imgur.com/LBLKhJN.png -- "Before using Wildcat....This Company did not have a convenient way of looking after some of the richest clients in the world...Now we do!" President of BBS Sysop's Union +++ https://bbses.info/union --- Synchronet ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services ::: ----------------------------------------------------------- [Voltar]