Is fancy code completion really worth it ?

Of credible AI horror stories I think this is about as bad as it gets !

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/researchers-uncover-critical-ai-ide-flaws-exposing-developers-to-data-theft-and-rce

I'm sticking with the "legacy" Keil IDE for C coding on ARM - it may be a little slower but at least I'm fairly sure that nothing gets into my code that I didn't put there !

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balajivan1995 1 month ago in reply to cstanton +4

cstanton said: Remote code execution and data theft, my favourite combination! Technically, you don't even need AI for that. Installing extensions from VS code marketplace is enough. Threat Actors Keep…
Jan Cumps 1 month ago in reply to michaelkellett +2
cstanton 1 month ago +1

Remote code execution and data theft, my favourite combination! Isn't this effectively why people are warned to avoid 'ai powered browsers' too? It appears difficult to do appropriate safeguards on these…

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colporteur 14 days ago

I still use Vi. I won't try and argue merits. I cut my teeth with Ed in the infancy of editors. Vim upgrade provided some options. Something to be said for confidence in your tools.
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DAB 14 days ago in reply to colporteur

I find it is always best to use what you know.

If you try to learn the latest thing out, you spend all of your time as a just learning developer.

Give me someone who knows what they are doing and have years of experience in understanding the tools they use.
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DAB 14 days ago in reply to colporteur

I find it is always best to use what you know.

If you try to learn the latest thing out, you spend all of your time as a just learning developer.

Give me someone who knows what they are doing and have years of experience in understanding the tools they use.
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