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The Originality Paradox

AI Programming StackOverflow

10 hours ago 94.1K views 0 shares

The Originality Paradox

The ultimate programmer's Uno reverse card. Asking ChatGPT not to copy code is like asking a chef not to use recipes. The brutal truth is none of us write truly "original" code anymore—we're all just remixing Stack Overflow answers with varying degrees of confidence. At least AI is honest about its plagiarism.

When You Frankenstein Code

Programming Webdev StackOverflow Debugging

6 months ago 143.6K views 0 shares

When You Frankenstein Code

That sleek, high-performance Lamborghini code snippet you found on Stack Overflow versus the public transportation monstrosity you somehow managed to connect it to. Sure, they're both green, but one's designed to break speed limits while the other breaks only your spirit during code review. The perfect illustration of how we convince ourselves our Frankenstein creation is "working as intended" when in reality it's just barely functional enough to lumber from point A to point B without crashing. Bonus points if you've ever confidently said "I understand how this works" about code you absolutely did not write.