this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2025
614 points (99.5% liked)

Programmer Humor

26197 readers
1517 users here now

Welcome to Programmer Humor!

This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!

For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.

Rules

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Feyter@programming.dev
anzo@programming.dev
BurningTurtle@programming.dev
pylapp@programming.dev
614
The future is here (lemmy.ml)
submitted 15 hours ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

This sounds like the GDP meme:

Two programmers are coding in a terminal when they come across a board of scrum tasks.

The first programmer says to the other "I'll pay you $100 to vibe code that task." The second programmer takes the $100 and vibe codes the scrum task using their favorite AI.

They continue coding until they come across a code review from the senior dev, rejecting the pull request. The second programmer turns to the first and says "I'll pay you $100 to clean up that vibe code". The first programmer takes the $100 and cleans up the vibe code, using actual skill and no AI.

Coding a little more, the first programmer looks at the second and says, "You know, I gave you $100 to vibe code, then you gave me back the same $100 to clean it up. I can't help but feel like we both just used AI for nothing."

"That's not true", responded the second programmer. "We fed the AI our code so it would be even smarter next time!"

Narrator: it never did and will never get smarter.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Is this some variant of two guys eat shit?

Context:

Two economists are walking in a forest when they Come across a pile of shit.

The first economist says to the other "Ill pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit." The second economist takes the $100 and eats the pile of shit.

They continue walking until they come across a second pile of shit. The second economist turns to the first and says "l pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit." The first economist takes the $100 and eats a pile of shit.

Walking a little more, the first economist looks at the second and says, "You know, I gave you $100 to eat shit, then you gave me back the same $100 to eat shit. can't help but feel like we both just ate shit for nothing." "That's not true", responded the second economist. "We increased the GDP by $200!"

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 59 minutes ago (1 children)

That's exactly what I was referencing haha, tried to make the analogy work. Might need to smooth out the edges in a few places

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 52 minutes ago (1 children)

Doesn't work; all commerce does increase the GDP, but coders don't believe that the AI gets smarter by using it.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 minutes ago

How would you make it better?