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>But no one ever mentions the hundreds of times it quietly wrote code that is better than most engineers can write. Are you serious? I've been hearing this con

by pydry 8mo ago

>But no one ever mentions the hundreds of times it quietly wrote code that is better than most engineers can write. Are you serious? I've been hearing this constantly. since mid 2025. The gaslighting over AI is really something else. Ive also never seen jobs advertised before whose job was to lobby skeptical engineers over about how to engage in technical work. This is entirely new. There is a priesthood developing over this.

kolinko 8mo ago
you’ve been hearing that since mid 2025 bc that’s when it became true.
brabel 8mo ago
I wrote code by hand for 20 years. Now I use AI for nearly all code. I just can’t compete in speed and thoroughness. As the post says, you must guide the AI still. But if you think you can continue working without AI in a competitive industry, I am absolutely sure you will eventually have a very bad time.
- pydry 8mo ago
  >I just can’t compete in speed and thoroughness I certainly know engineers for which this is true but unfortunately they were never particularly thorough or fast to begin with. I believe you can tell which way the wind is blowing by looking at open source. Other than being flooded with PRs high profile projects have not seen a notable difference - certainly no accelerated enhancements. there has definitely been an explosion of new projects, though, most of dubious quality. Spikes and research are definitely cheaper now.
  - ericd 8mo ago
    Maybe the bottleneck for most high profile open source is PR review and not coding?
    - Jensson 8mo ago
      The most thorough review is done when you write the code, it takes much more effort to be as thorough when you read it as when you write it. So if what you say is true then agentic coding will be net negative for same quality.
  - brabel 8mo ago
    I've been by far the fastest engineer everywhere I've worked. I've produced 1000s of lines of code in a single day when I was really into it. I have nearly 500 Github repositories and almost all of them is a real open source application that does something useful. Think what you want though.
nitwit005 8mo ago
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by pydry 8mo ago

kolinko 8mo ago

you’ve been hearing that since mid 2025 bc that’s when it became true.

brabel 8mo ago

I wrote code by hand for 20 years. Now I use AI for nearly all code. I just can’t compete in speed and thoroughness. As the post says, you must guide the AI still. But if you think you can continue working without AI in a competitive industry, I am absolutely sure you will eventually have a very bad time.

pydry 8mo ago
>I just can’t compete in speed and thoroughness I certainly know engineers for which this is true but unfortunately they were never particularly thorough or fast to begin with. I believe you can tell which way the wind is blowing by looking at open source. Other than being flooded with PRs high profile projects have not seen a notable difference - certainly no accelerated enhancements. there has definitely been an explosion of new projects, though, most of dubious quality. Spikes and research are definitely cheaper now.
- ericd 8mo ago
  Maybe the bottleneck for most high profile open source is PR review and not coding?
  - Jensson 8mo ago
    The most thorough review is done when you write the code, it takes much more effort to be as thorough when you read it as when you write it. So if what you say is true then agentic coding will be net negative for same quality.
- brabel 8mo ago
  I've been by far the fastest engineer everywhere I've worked. I've produced 1000s of lines of code in a single day when I was really into it. I have nearly 500 Github repositories and almost all of them is a real open source application that does something useful. Think what you want though.

nitwit005 8mo ago

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