“We used AI as a tool for this.”
  • stevles@aussie.zoneEnglish
    31·
    20 days ago

    Just when I thought my opinion of Epic and Tim Sweeney couldn’t get any lower…

    Programming is hard, So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher

    • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
      223·
      20 days ago

      Programming is hard

      Isn’t that, like … their entire job, though?

      Imagine if a firefighter said, “Fighting fires is hard, so instead of doing that, we’re just going to hope that the building’s sprinkler system will handle it.”

      • logan_hero@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        19 days ago

        Reminds me of this anecdote: "A guy takes up the job of a firefighter. In a month he recounts to his friend:

        • The job’s good, excellent pay, great people. But every time we are called to a fire I feel like resigning"
    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      19 days ago

      Not only that, they claim it’s better than the one they made themselves, which is a weird flex.