Modifying Existing Code
The cluster focuses on discussions about the challenges, preferences, and limitations of editing or changing existing codebases, particularly regarding AI tools' abilities to make targeted modifications without rewriting everything.
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Ah, that's fair. Didn't think of code that couldn't be changed.
It has a strong preference to only change pieces of code you asked it to touch.
I did not imply you can change the codebase, by the way.
Wouldn't the AI that wrote the original code be in a better position to modify it too?
Couldn't they just reweite the code after leatving your solution?
That makes sense - I didn't consider that you may want to change the code yourself.
It's a code revision, not an article. If you're a programmer the change is super obvious.
No, making edits to an exiting codebase.(If that's what you meant)
Until it can change existing code, I think we're ok.
I agree but it's hard to change tack on older code based without confusing things further