We often hear that AI is taking over Google as the go-to source of information.
But in my experience, sometimes Google is still faster and better than AI.
But in my experience, sometimes Google is still faster and better than AI.
Yesterday, I joined a hackathon where one of the submission criteria was to publish code on GitHub. For some reason, I kept hitting an HTTP 400 error when trying to push my code.
A few helpful friends tried to troubleshoot with me. We all turned to our go-to AI agents for suggestions, but none of the solutions worked.
As someone with an engineering background, our pride wouldn’t let us leave the problem unsolved.
Back home, I did a quick Google search and found this StackOverflow answer.
It wasn’t the exact same issue, but it pointed me in the right direction.
In less than 5 minutes, I discovered the root cause: my .gitconfig was defaulting to my company email while I was trying to push the repo to my personal GitHub.
The lesson?
Don’t buy into the hype that you should always ask AI. Sometimes, nothing beats a good old Google search. This isn’t the first time I’ve turned to Google when AI has been unhelpful.
Do you still Google? Have you had a similar experience where Google was better than AI?
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