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 You will be surprised at how shoddy most software is. Automated testing, version control, CI/CD e... 
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I think the worst I've ever seen is star trek online. Supposedly even professional devs they bring in have trouble figuring out how that thing runs and it's been a big issue for the company. I took a crack at it and I can't even figure out how the game knows what map to load 
 I need to build a mental model of how the code works. Chat GPT explaining the code would be like ... 
 @misterjesus @Shadowman311 Entirely different experiences I'd imagine, your stuff has to actually work and is important. Mine has to seem like it works. Sometimes. 
 I try to avoid shortcuts these days and just try to understand what is going on by either writing... 
 @misterjesus @Shadowman311 

by hacking I've able to find some things. More than once I've dumped an entire segment into chatgpt and asked it what various things did. Amazing teacher. I'm working with BYOND which is not the best language to do well... anything. 
 If I did coding streams it would be me constantly talking to myself, swearing at the computer and... 
 @misterjesus @Shadowman311 

Exactly! I don't think people realise how much of coding is ctrl F and chatgpt.

Recently I tried to make a starship console that can read the atmosphere of a planet. This is after having a hand scanner that can do the same. So just put the scanner code in the console right?

It took me two days to get functional 
 @Shadowman311 that is a fascinating idea, as a modder I've been asked to do coding streams. I know I'd hate working on a team because it's a hobby, but I can definitely see the argument that people who would be innovating are sitting on stream saying 'why can't it be like this' instead of spending the time making it like that