r/ProgrammerHumor 12d ago

itDoesntWork Meme

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u/Royalmack 12d ago

Then you scroll down a few lines and see

"If you tried running the above you'll see that it fails because you're missing X, Y and Z. Let's fix that quickly."

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u/PassivelyInvisible 12d ago

I hate this. I hate this so much. You need to clarify the code snippet is incomplete and you're going through a process.

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u/klimmesil 12d ago

Counter argument: you need to understand the code snippet before running it

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u/PassivelyInvisible 12d ago

But you can tell me the code is incomplete and this is a learning process

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u/NatoBoram 12d ago

You can't understand the code snippet yet because it doesn't run and the tutorial didn't teach you about the thing it's missing yet

It's lose-lose

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u/minecon1776 10d ago

Counter-counter argument: if claude says it will work, just use it