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Back in the day, wustl.edu was seen as a leader in computer applications. Sad now that it cannot just create its own systems to handle its tasks, especially wit
by russfink 10mo ago
Back in the day, wustl.edu was seen as a leader in computer applications. Sad now that it cannot just create its own systems to handle its tasks, especially with AI’s around to offer coding help. Imagine spending a fraction of this money and vectoring it to students to develop said systems.
- bc569a80a344f9c 10mo ago“Just let students vibe code your ERP” is a hell of a take.
- Spivak 10mo agoIs it any worse than an army of consultants? It would be one thing if it was some off the shelf software but a huge chunk of this project seems to be a new custom application intended for student and faculty use. It just sounds like Accenture-ware with a new name.
- refulgentis 10mo agoIf you’re going to open with “is having cs students hack their way to a solution via AI actually worse than Workday?”, this isn’t a fair discussion for who you’re replying to. I assume you’re young and well-intentioned. I would have said the same thing when I was young. The problem is that approach leaves you with, best case with overworked students looking for glory instead of pay, failing classes and enjoy hacking, ~80% of the work done and no staff for maintenance. This isnt an opportunity for hero hacker story, its a real business, it affect people’s lives at their most vulnerable (higher education, paid education, hospital system)
- msy 10mo agoWhat do you think the consultants are doing? They're mostly last year's graduates anyway.
- rasz 10mo agoAdmitting "Our students cant design or code" is also pretty wild.
- nutjob2 10mo agoWhat you describe is possibly the one thing that would be worse than implementing Workday.