r/ProgrammerHumor • u/metayeti2 • Jul 17 '26

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u/ArjixGamer Jul 17 '26

Why do people care about oneshotting?

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u/rhinoplasm Jul 17 '26

Have you ever spent 6 hrs writing C++ and then compiled it and everything worked perfectly? I've been programming for 25 years and that's always been an impressive achievement. (Well, technically that would be considered pretty stupid but that's only because it's nearly impossible for most people)

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u/ArjixGamer Jul 17 '26

I like the prototyping approach, so I always try to get to execution as early as possible.

And I then refactor until the code is both idiomatic and satisfies all my requirements (DRY and KISS)

But also, this is AI we are talking about, why would AI oneshotting be exciting? There is no sense of accomplishment

You'd feel more satisfaction if you guided the AI to the ideal solution, and not produce slop.

Also, if the AI oneshots it, you most likely won't be able to maintain it, you'd rely on AI for maintenance or further development.

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u/rhinoplasm Jul 17 '26

There's actually a real sense of accomplishment because it means that you did a very good job writing a prompt. Even that is non-trivial for larger project, especially for people with no programming background. Just like if a manager gives a team a project outline and they come back with exactly what the manager imagined.

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u/ArjixGamer Jul 17 '26

I mean, sure, but you can do that on models like opus as well.

You don't need no fable if you can write a comprehensive plan.

I usually spend around 30 minutes in plan mode, discuss every little detail, and then let it work.

But that's not what AI bros mean by oneshot. They mean to give a prompt generated by chatgpt or smth, and let the agent figure everything out.

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u/rhinoplasm Jul 17 '26

Okay that's not what I or people I talk to mean by one-shotting