Sure, it can be useful for people who do know how to program, though I find it usually takes more effort to get it to create what I want and make sure it works than it takes to just do it myself.

This guy explicitly says he doesn't know how to program though. He says he took an HTML (not a programming language, a markdown language) class a decade ago. He probably doesn't remember shit from it, not that it'd be helpful anyway because writing HTML has nothing to do with writing a program to perform a task.

Does it save a ton of time? No, but it's still helpful, and can get you up and running in a new language much faster than the alternative.

You obviously aren't a programmer. You either know how to program or you don't. The language is just syntax, which is trivial to learn. It doesn't help you get running in a new language because you still need to learn the syntax to make sure it's writing something reasonable. That time has to be spent no matter what.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 6 points 18 hours ago

you obviously aren't a programmer

Don't be a dick, the example is a perfectly reasonable one, and it's something ppl would've used Rosetta code or learnxiny or stack overflow for in the past.