TechDebate Heats Up Over Dropping Manual AI Code Reviews
Santiago Valdarrama says the obsolescence debate has moved from writing code to reading it.
TLDR
Santiago Valdarrama posted that two years ago developers rejected the idea writing code was obsolete. He states most now agree writing code is no longer viable. Valdarrama claims the same cycle now applies to reading code and predicts people will stop manually reviewing AI-generated code within a year or two. Replies from other developers include advice to treat AI as an assistant rather than a master, warnings against 100 percent reliance on it, and emphasis on the lasting value of learning fundamentals such as how computers and machine code work.
Two years ago, people would scream at you if you said that writing code was obsolete. Today, most people agree: writing code is no longer viable. Now, we are living through the same exact cycle with "reading code". In a year or two, you won't be manually reading AI-generated…
Debate Heats Up Over Dropping Manual AI Code Reviews
Santiago Valdarrama says the obsolescence debate has moved from writing code to reading it.
TLDR
Santiago Valdarrama posted that two years ago developers rejected the idea writing code was obsolete. He states most now agree writing code is no longer viable. Valdarrama claims the same cycle now applies to reading code and predicts people will stop manually reviewing AI-generated code within a year or two. Replies from other developers include advice to treat AI as an assistant rather than a master, warnings against 100 percent reliance on it, and emphasis on the lasting value of learning fundamentals such as how computers and machine code work.
Two years ago, people would scream at you if you said that writing code was obsolete. Today, most people agree: writing code is no longer viable. Now, we are living through the same exact cycle with "reading code". In a year or two, you won't be manually reading AI-generated…
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Jak Casey@jdpcaseyNo, you have AI psychosis. LLMs have no mental model for boundaries and ownership across different services. This is not going to change. They implement the quickest path solution. They think in literal domain terms rather than abstractions which serve a scalable and…
DM Daniel Martín@dmartincy@bendee983 I completely agree. Today I read article in the same direction: https://www.seangoedecke.com/llms-reward-expertise/ The question is how to keep expertise when we’re don’t directly “doing things” anymore. We’d need regular training without autopilots, like pilots do.…
TS Tseng@TsengSR@svpino No, only idiots who can't code would agree to that. In a majority of cases I am still faster, cleaner and have more maintainable code when I write it myself. Its a skill issue. Your skill issue.
DO Donovan@shipsatnight@svpino The people who will be successful in the coming years wre the ones who are flexible enough to change and adapt. Soon anyone screaming “ you have to read the code” will find themselves out of work.
EW Elia Wise@EliaWise9@svpino I don't read, I ask