Post #3606822

2026-07-05 15:16 UTC

@ramsey@phpc.social @jrf_nl@phpc.social I do appreciate the validation that AI has brought to the best practices that have become established over the last two decades or so: the importance of context in architecture and implementation, documentation and automated tests as first-class deliverables, static analysis tools, etc. I think it's given me a new appreciation of the fact that what makes developing software easier for us also makes it easier for AI agents.

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@jrf_nl@phpc.social 2026-07-05 15:18

@ramsey@phpc.social @elazar@phpc.social I favour building community and upskilling people over using a completely unethical tool just because it is convenient, so, to me, forbidding any kind of AI usage is still the right choice. Especially for software which requires a lot of contextual knowledge to create a good (correct) patch, like PHP_CodeSniffer. Even more so, knowing that PHPCS is used by AI to "keep it honest" 😄

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@ramsey@phpc.social 2026-07-05 15:21

@elazar@phpc.social @jrf_nl@phpc.social That, and I’ve had some generally good experiences with it, but also some horrendously bad experiences. When it’s good, it’s good, and it’s good more often than not (nowadays). Still, we are not helping ourselves or the next generation by rushing headlong into it, not to mention the unethical practices of the companies behind these models.

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