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Discussion on: Is Code Generation a Bad Idea? šŸ¤”

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Joe Mainwaring

It's hard to argue with processes which reduce the amount of time you spend doing a task.

The only situation where I'd likely criticize code generation is if the output is obfuscated/minified and I have to debug that file, but typically processes can be tweaked to produce the desired result.

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@theaccordance obfuscated output is not of much help, that is basically a low code tool that allows export.

generated code(hopefully becomes a concept on it's own) means the output looks similar to the one you would write. That way one can extend and change anything - the only way to achieve long run productivity gain.