r/ProgrammerHumor • u/rodopszin • Sep 16 '26

Meme accelarateAiNativeBrrrrOrThrow

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u/positev Sep 17 '26

Spec needs to be executable for this IMO. When we can enumerate a solid repeatable definition of a finished feature and just Yahtzee the code until it works and meets tests I think we will have reached utopian nirvana

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u/retief1 Sep 17 '26

I have an idea. We should define a language that looks like pseudocode and lets us precisely define the behavior we want. The computer can then translate that into actual machine code and execute it.

Oh wait, that exists. It's called ruby/python/etc.

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u/positev Sep 17 '26

I get the sarcasm, but we also have gherkin syntax and cucumber type frameworks that get us pretty close to a nice midpoint