'Prayer-based programming' emerges as AI coding's latest self-deprecating meme
lxfater · x · 2026-10-19
The meme "prayer-based programming" is circulating in AI circles, describing developers who ship AI-generated code while just praying it works. lxfater asks where the term came from — a nod to how common it's become to accept generated code without really reviewing it.
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