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CHAT IS A BAD UI PATTERN FOR DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

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Coding forces humans to think like machines. While programming has become more friendly throughout the decades, we are still just translating human thoughts into computer instructions. AI was supposed to allow plain English to become a programming language, but it isn't suitable for building serious software. Current tools pretend that writing software is like having a conversation, but real software can't be built without being precise about requirements. Companies need to build tools for real software instead of toys.